Can't you add a static route that says these sites go to this IP and all the rest go to the other? Although, that may be difficult to forward all the other traffic through the T1 and not the Metro-E.
_____________________________ Cameron Cooper IT Director - CompTIA A+ Certified Aurico Reports, Inc Phone: 847-890-4021 Fax: 847-255-1896 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Bandwidth Splitting? Ah. That is indeed trickier. I don't think I have a good answer for you on this - at the least, I'd have to give it more serious thought, though I expect that there are some directives you could plug into squid to do what you need. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 14:45, Andy Ognenoff <[email protected]> wrote: > The tricky part that I can���t 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/�� ~ > > ~ 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/> ~
