Utilize 2 Broadbands from local network

I have 2 broadband lines at work. Is that possible for Windows Server 2003
to utilize all the bandwidth from these 2 lines and share that to my local
network? It would be wonderful if I can setup or guarantee certain IPs in my
local network to have a minimal bandwidth, or force certain IPs to use only
one broadband line for outbound connection....

Thanks to all....

assuming these two lines don't connect to the 2003 server directly, you may
setup DHCP point most client to one line and setup static ip with the 2nd
line as default gateway for the rest.

--
For more and other information, go to http://www.ChicagoTech.net

Don't send e-mail or reply to me except you need consulting services.
Posting on MS newsgroup will benefit all readers and you may get more help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN, Anti-Virus, Tips & Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Networking Solutions, http://www.chicagotech.net/networksolutions.htm
VPN Solutions, http://www.chicagotech.net/vpnsolutions.htm
VPN Process and Error Analysis, http://www.chicagotech.net/VPN%20process.htm
VPN Troubleshooting, http://www.chicagotech.net/vpn.htm
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties.
"felix" <felix(NO-SPAM)@eastop.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have 2 broadband lines at work. Is that possible for Windows Server 2003
>to utilize all the bandwidth from these 2 lines and share that to my local
>network? It would be wonderful if I can setup or guarantee certain IPs in
>my local network to have a minimal bandwidth, or force certain IPs to use
>only one broadband line for outbound connection....
>
> Thanks to all....
>
>

"felix" <felix(NO-SPAM)@eastop.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have 2 broadband lines at work. Is that possible for Windows Server 2003
> to utilize all the bandwidth from these 2 lines and share that to my local
> network? It would be wonderful if I can setup or guarantee certain IPs in
my
> local network to have a minimal bandwidth, or force certain IPs to use
only
> one broadband line for outbound connection....

If you have the Win2003 server as the router
between both of these lines and your network
the answer is generally "No."

You probably cannot even fail over easily without
writing some code or buying something.

There is no direct load balancing feature in RRAS;
there is no way to run NLB with such distinct
networks.

In most cases if one of your connections does down
PAST the initial router then it won't even fail over.
Since the RRAS server will still "see" it's own
default gateway, it will keep sending to it despite
the next link being down.

If the primary goes down in the hardware BEFORE
the vendor router then that will work based on the
routing table.

Of course, if you advertise either of the addresses
for INCOMING connections then you must have
some way to update the DNS etc. to straighten that
out.

You CAN however just abitrarily write some routing
rules that send traffic that is best for one network
down that broadband and thus split SOME of the
uplink which is usually the lower bandwidth on
most asynchonous connections (cable, and ADSL).

When I had both DSL and Roadrunner, I routed
everything for the RR network down that line at
a higher priority and some other nets that were
more directly connected to RR than to the DSL
provider.

--
Herb Martin


>
> Thanks to all....
>
>