Failover / multiplexing using wingate client

[tom_goodacre]

Hi,

I have 2 internet connections (1 X ADSL and 1 X Satellite) and want to be able to use both of them at once for both failover - incase one fails - and to load balance so that some clients use 1 external connection and some use the other in a round-robin kind of way.

I know that it is possible to do this in wingate if you use user defined services (e.g. www proxy) as you have the option of specifying how gateways are used. The problem with this is that it means that you have to specify proxy details in the client application.

I want to use either the wingate client or NAT (Extended Networking) so I don't have to configure proxy settings for each client. However, when you look at the details on the extended networking system service there is no 'gateway' tab. Is it not possible to make use of multiple gateways / a round robin approach when using this / NAT? Or....Does wingate use round-robin / failover automatically between all external interfaces when clients are using either the wingate client or NAT?

Any help would be most appreicated.

Regards,

Tom

[SShowron]

I think its automatic.

I have a cable & adsl connected.

Cable is the default, and when it goes out (Forwhat ever reason) it switches to the ADSL
(problem is, least as I can tell, it won't switch back)

[adrien]

If you have the WWW proxy acting as a transparent proxy, it will intercept NAT connections and WGIC connections on whichever ports you specify, and these will go out the gateways defined in the WWW proxy.

We are working on adding support for this for the NAT in the next major release.

Regards

Adrien