The tricky part that I cant seem to figure out is that I need outbound 80 and 443 for *some* sites over the Metro-E connection. The goal would be to use the Metro-E connection for SaaS apps we subscribe to and then use the T1 for things like Google, news sites, etc. all from the same workstation.
- Andy O. >-----Original Message----- >From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:27 PM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: Re: OT: Bandwidth Splitting? > >Perfect case for a squid box. Just make the default gateway on the >squid box point to the router for the T1. Then you just have to >configure the proxy settings on the clients to use the squid box, and >you can then deny all outbound port 80 for the Metro-E link. > >That is, assuming that your network is set up to take advantage of >that. I have a subnet between my core switch and my firewalls that is >relatively unpopulated, except for my squid box and my mail gateway, >so I can do just that sort of thing. > >Kurt > >On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 13:57, Andy Ognenoff <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm not really sure how to explain what I want to do, what tech to use, >or >> if it's even possible so here it goes: >> >> I have 2 Internet connections, a standard T1 and a Metro-E fiber >connection. >> I'm not interested in traditional load balancing or failover, I just want >to >> use the Metro-E connection for critical business web sites and web apps >and >> all my servers would use that as well, and then use the T1 for things >like >> non-critical business stuff, general surfing, etc... >> >> Is it possible to do this, where an individual client would be using 2 >> different gateways to the Internet based on the site or service they were >> trying to access? >> >> - Andy O. > >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
