Wingate, ENS & Multiple Gateways.

[SShowron]

My system has two connections
(Cable & ADSL)

The ENS seems to be balancing between them, is it possible to make it so it only uses a connection I specify (the cable)?

Last edited by SShowron on Apr 11 06 11:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[SShowron]

Never mind.

Turns out it is using the cable connection.

(another program was running through the ADSL)

[Surfer]

Looks like my configuration.
Have a things to discuss about.
Interested?

[SShowron]

sure, go ahead

[Surfer]

I have a system based on Win 2000 server SP4 with two internet connections: first by cable (directly to lan card), second by ADSL modem
configured as bridge (connected thru second lan card). Of course have a lan card for internal network.
System have a multiple defaut gateways. For internet WG configured to use first connection as default gateway, ADSL configured as spare channel and not using in normal condition of the main internet connection.
But! After system start I always discovered that all traffic trying to come thru ADSL, not using "first" channel. After some experiments, i may notice that Windows-based OS have a some interesting property as "network adapters priority". ADSL always first, lan card which is most closest to power supply is second, third is lan cand under that etc.
I can't find how can i select a lan card starting order in OS, so I use a following method: turn all adapters as "disable" in network properties after restart...then enabling them in order of priority. So, in routing table I can see a right default gateway. Main bad thing - I can't restart server authomatically (after power down or something).

[SShowron]

Adapter Order is in

Control Panel -> Network Connections

Advanced Menu -> Advanced Settings

[adrien]

another option is to override the metric for the adapter. The lower the metric, the higher priority that adapter will have, including default routes that go out that adapter.

Metric override is in the advanced properties of the adapter in GateKeeper.

Adrien

[Surfer]

Wow. Feel stupid. Run to check this out. Thank you.