Thanks, we'll be contacting them next week I think. ________________________________ From: Talley, Scott A [mailto:stalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 11:16 To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Multiple external Networks... http://www.ISAserver.org I wouldn't expect any issues with thousands of users instead of my hundred or so, given adequate bandwidth, but can only speak of my experience. The annual support fee gets you telephone support and regular software updates after the first year. I will mention that the Rainfinity support staff is very good, knows ISA very well and located in California - a rare blessing these days. Thank you, Scott Talley IT Manager, The Combined Group e> stalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx p> 469.892.4000 x829 f> 469.221.6900 -----Original Message----- From: Ball, Dan [mailto:DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 7:38 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Multiple external Networks... http://www.ISAserver.org How about 3000 internal users, of which 800-900 are online at pretty much any given time during the day? I don't need it so much for inbound, but outbound traffic. What does the annual support fee get you? I noticed it on the quote, but you're right, it didn't mention anything about it being annual. ________________________________ From: Talley, Scott A [mailto:stalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 16:20 To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Multiple external Networks... http://www.ISAserver.org I'll chime in on this one.. I use RainConnect and it works GREAT! I have a similar ISP configuration with a conventional T1 and a wireless 3mb connection. RC balances the inbound and outbound loads across these links to perfection - I have about 100 internal users and host about a dozen websites and a couple of busy mail servers. If either of these links blinks, noone but me ever knows it. The investment in RC has been well worth it for me (don't forget about the $1k annual support fee, they aren't that up front about it). Thank you, Scott Talley IT Manager, The Combined Group e> stalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx p> 469.892.4000 x829 f> 469.221.6900 -----Original Message----- From: Ball, Dan [mailto:DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:28 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Multiple external Networks... http://www.ISAserver.org Okay, looking for input from you guys, on our favorite topic, multiple external Networks! (I can hear Jim groaning already...) The specifics: ISA 2004 (SE) Windows 2003 Server (SE) 1 external 1.5Mbps Network (NIC) connected to main ISP 1 external 4.5Mbps Network (NIC) connected to secondary ISP Each ISP has a separate domain name, and I can use either one to access the ISA server from the outside, works great. The problems: 1. In the current configuration, ALL outbound traffic is routed through our main ISP, leaving the other one pretty much idle. Basically, we're wasting money on this connection. 2. Due to a contract signed before I arrived, we're stuck with paying for this secondary ISP connection until the contract runs out in 2007. 3. Although this secondary ISP is a 4.5Mbps connection (this summer it will be bumped to 7.5Mbps), it is shared by many other schools in the general area, and it turns out that our 1.5Mbps connection has a much better response rate. 4. I attempted to redirect subnets to use the secondary ISP through the ROUTE command, but found that only works with outbound connections. For example, I cannot redirect all outbound requests to CNN's website using a broad subnet, and still have anyone else on the 64.x.x.x subnet to be able to reach us on inbound connections. Thus, I'd have to specify specific IP addresses to be routed to do a manual version of load balancing, instead of an entire subnet. This is doable, but is a very tedious process. 5. About the only thing I can use this secondary ISP for right now is as a fail-over device. But even then I'd have to go in and make all the changes to redirect traffic through the other NIC by hand, not practical for short-term outages. Then enters RainConnect. I've looked at this program a bit, but find the information on it a bit confusing. Supposedly it will do what I need, which is load-balancing between multiple ISPs. However, the descriptions of how it works shows a single NIC, with multiple virtual IPs connected to a switch, that is connected to the multiple ISPs. If this is the case, I have a $69 hardware device sitting here that does pretty much the same thing but for far less than the cost of RainConnect (especially since it was donated). My question is: Has anyone actually used RainConnect, how does it work, and how well does it work? 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