I'll stipulate that you've defined it as an "external" network, but I'll also bet that this is a misconfiguration that just "happens to work". If you're willing, you can send me your ISAInfo privately and one of two things will result: 1 - your configuration will spawn a KB or whitepaper (basically a WAN) 2 - I'll respond with corrective steps This "dual ISP" distinction is important. What you describe is nothing more than a "special routing arrangment", NOT "dual ISP connections". No argument that you've managed to create an efficient network this way, but it's not what the community at large understands as "two ISP connections". -----Original Message----- From: Ball, Dan [mailto:DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 16:09 To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: SSL Problems with ISA 2004 http://www.ISAserver.org That is true, it doesn't do "true" load balancing, but you can split traffic between different networks. For example, I have traffic bound for the local University routed through one network because they also use that same provider, it beats routing the traffic halfway across the US to go across town. If one network goes down, I can then make the change to route all traffic through the other one. So, while it doesn't do true load balancing and fail-over, it'll suffice for what I need. (Although, now that I think about it more, I could probably put routes with higher metrics in to provide fail-over...Hmmmm) As for a "default NIC", that is true with any router, if you don't specifically route it an address, it will take the "default" route. I tried to do this with ISA2000, but after many hours of working on it I finally had to agree with the manuals and MS Knowledge Base that it truly only supported ONE External NIC regardless of how many you put in there. The 2004 version was a great thing for us because it would support so many networks. Once I got it in place, I was able to get right of several routers and switches, and even one extra server. So, while I'll agree with you that ISA 2004 doesn't do "everything" that everyone would want, I will not agree that it only supports one ISP, as I know better, and have working proof of that. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Harrison [mailto:Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 17:49 To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: SSL Problems with ISA 2004 http://www.ISAserver.org This is true of obth products. Ues, you can have as many physical interfaces as you want, but only one "default NIC" where the default gateway lives. You will not achieve any sort of failover or load balancing with your installation. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx All mail to and from this domain is GFI-scanned.