Hello,
I've got 5 Windows 2003 Terminal Servers setup with Windows Network Load
Balancing and part of a Session Directory. This means that the 5 TSs each have
an individual IP but also share a common IP. The TS Farm is presented on the
common IP so when you attempt to connect the the common IP one of the TSs picks
up your request in a round robin fashion. Once your login creds are validated,
the TS also check the Session Directory to see if your login currently has a
session on another TS. If it does, then that TS redirects you to the TS you
were on and your session picks up where you left off. This is a really cool
feature and works perfectly within the local network.
My problem is that the TSs are in a datacenter so the users will be connecting
remotely. My first choice for this connection is to use OpenVPN and have each
user access the terminal servers through the actual TS common IP via the VPN.
My second choice is a DNAT with a public IP at the firewall. My problem is that
neither of these work when redirected to an existing session. If the user
doesn't have a session then they can use the TS they originally connected to
just fine. But if the Session Directory attempts to redirect - the RDP client
just fails.
Additional possible issues: The NICs are Broadcom GbE Teamed for failover. The
network load balance cluster is set in Multicast mode. If I set them in Unicast
mode I can't ping in or out on the common or dedicated IPs.
Any help, advice, pointers to how-to's is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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W. Chris Shank
ACE Technology Group
www.myRemoteITdept.com
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