Setting up XP clients to use 2 gateways

Hi All

At my site, I have 2 VPN links to our head office using 2 routers (Router A
and High Speed Router B).
Router A is the router I would like XP clients to use for the internet. High
Speed Router B is for all other File + Print etc.

I have tried adding both gateways in the TCP/IP set up on the XP clients
(Router B metric=5, Router A Metric=10). This gives me good speed to the
other site as expected, but when I open Internet Explorer there is a LONG
wait before it goes online using Router A.

My question :

Can I edit the routing table using "route add" etc. to force all traffic
destined for 10.0.1.x to always use Router B, and all other traffic to use
Router A. This would seem to solve my problem.

Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks, Gary D

Found this article and will give it a try !

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art.../tcpipwan.html

Gary D


"Gary D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:3EB38BF0-9729-4461-A26B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All
>
> At my site, I have 2 VPN links to our head office using 2 routers (Router
> A and High Speed Router B).
> Router A is the router I would like XP clients to use for the internet.
> High Speed Router B is for all other File + Print etc.
>
> I have tried adding both gateways in the TCP/IP set up on the XP clients
> (Router B metric=5, Router A Metric=10). This gives me good speed to the
> other site as expected, but when I open Internet Explorer there is a LONG
> wait before it goes online using Router A.
>
> My question :
>
> Can I edit the routing table using "route add" etc. to force all traffic
> destined for 10.0.1.x to always use Router B, and all other traffic to use
> Router A. This would seem to solve my problem.
>
> Any advice much appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Gary D
>
>

This may help too.

RoutingOne router goes to the corporation email server and another one goes to the Internet. Symptoms: you have one router connecting to the corporation for email ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/routing.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Gary D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3EB38BF0-9729-4461-A26B-(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi All

At my site, I have 2 VPN links to our head office using 2 routers (Router A
and High Speed Router B).
Router A is the router I would like XP clients to use for the internet. High
Speed Router B is for all other File + Print etc.

I have tried adding both gateways in the TCP/IP set up on the XP clients
(Router B metric=5, Router A Metric=10). This gives me good speed to the
other site as expected, but when I open Internet Explorer there is a LONG
wait before it goes online using Router A.

My question :

Can I edit the routing table using "route add" etc. to force all traffic
destined for 10.0.1.x to always use Router B, and all other traffic to use
Router A. This would seem to solve my problem.

Any advice much appreciated.

Thanks, Gary D

There are basically two ways to handle the problem. You can add a
static route to each client machine so that it knows which router to use. Or
you can add the static route to the default router so that it redirects the
traffic.

I would set the clients to use the Internet link by default. I would
then add a static route to this router to "bounce" the 10.0.1.0 to the
other router. The clients will soon "learn" to use this route for the file
and print servers, because the router will send them an IMCP redirect when
it re-routes the traffic.

"Gary D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BBB4908E-4B14-43E9-8ECF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Found this article and will give it a try !
>
> http://www.windowsnetworking.com/art.../tcpipwan.html
>
> Gary D
>
>
> "Gary D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3EB38BF0-9729-4461-A26B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi All
>>
>> At my site, I have 2 VPN links to our head office using 2 routers (Router
>> A and High Speed Router B).
>> Router A is the router I would like XP clients to use for the internet.
>> High Speed Router B is for all other File + Print etc.
>>
>> I have tried adding both gateways in the TCP/IP set up on the XP clients
>> (Router B metric=5, Router A Metric=10). This gives me good speed to the
>> other site as expected, but when I open Internet Explorer there is a LONG
>> wait before it goes online using Router A.
>>
>> My question :
>>
>> Can I edit the routing table using "route add" etc. to force all traffic
>> destined for 10.0.1.x to always use Router B, and all other traffic to
>> use Router A. This would seem to solve my problem.
>>
>> Any advice much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks, Gary D
>>
>>
>