ISA 2000 - Single NIC, timeouts - HELP?!!!

  • From: "Robert" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 09:22:36 -0600

Hi -  I'm having some problems using ISA2000 for proxy services only.


1.  Windows 2000 / SP4 / Fully patched
2.  ISA Server 2000 / SP2
3.  Pentium 4 / 2Ghz / 1Gb RAM
4.  Mirrored ATA drives (software mirroring within the OS)
5.  Single network interface  (10.x.x.x)
6.  Server sits on the same networks as the proxy clients (10.x.x.x)

I'm experiencing timeouts from the clients.   Everything appears to work
fine but you'll pull up a web site, then drill further into it and usually
within a few page levels down it will just hang and timeout.   Remove the
proxy settings from the client and immediately the pages appears.

I tried adding an additional interface, disabling netbios on the new
interface and had the idea that it woudl send out all requests on this new
interface.  Withouth getting the firewall guys involved I ended up having
the second interface sit on the same network (different VLAN) but still a
10.x.x.x address here internally.  No better luck and actually more
problems than with a single NIC.

I'm looking for advice (your experience, URLs, wherever you can point me)
on configuring a single NIC proxy ISA server (if it's even recommended). 
Shoudl I use the auto-construction of the LAT?   Woudl 2 NICs be better?  
Can I force outgoing requests from the proxy server to go out one
connection (maybe I'll have to put the second NIC int he DMZ and define
that as a non-local network?)

Pointers, tips, directions, web sites - I appreciate any help  you can
offer.

Thanks,

Robert


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