Well, we have tried it a couple of ways over the years here in Dodge.
We are using our local telco to provide us with a secondary connection. So, we have a 5 MB ICN Ethernet connection and a 5 MB local telco Ethernet connection, for a total bandwidth of 10 MB for our District. When we first implemented the solution, our local telco gave us 1 IP address. That works if all you want to do is provide one web server, one e-mail server, and the Sonicwall will allow you to trick everything into working fine. Problem was, as time went on, we were needing to have several websites and various servers available to the public, all of the time on either network. So, almost 2 years ago, we upgraded our connection so we had a block of 30 or 40 addresses on the telco side, which allowed us to map out each server that was needed. As long as your firewall settings are correct (it took a little time to find those oops items), it works fine, with nothing needed from you. Our internal computers point to an internal DNS server, and it doesn't care which connection it goes out. Scott hosts our external DNS, as we have a DNS server on our local telco side as well. The Sonicwall handles all of the load balancing, failover and all of those things, which both Internet connections come into. It takes a little time to setup, but is worth the trouble. To our end-users, today was just another day. Jeremy ________________________________ From: info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us [mailto:info-tech-ow...@aea8.k12.ia.us] On Behalf Of Jackie Fonley Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 4:06 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: Re: [info-tech] Internet connection Ohhh . . . . If I were looking at setting up a secondary connection (I was in Arizona when all those emails were coming in, so really briefly read them -- but now they're making sense) . . . would I probably be best looking at a local provider? How does all of that work with the firewall set up and such. Do both connections have to feed through that? Are there multiple settings you have to have . . . or just enter a different DNS number Oh - I should have preluded with "I have a lot of basic and dumb questions . . .". Just curious. On Apr 23, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Karl Hehr wrote: Lance's email took forever to get to me today. Cause he has one of them there back up internet connections. Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things --- Douglas Adams On Apr 23, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Lance Lennon wrote: down like a powerline in a thunderstorm. On Apr 23, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Mitch Mueller wrote: I am. I was wondering if it was just me. Thank you Karl for making me feel sane again. Mitch Mueller Network Administrator Emmetsburg Community Schools Emmetsburg, Ia 50536 mmuel...@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us P: (712)852-2966 C: (712)298-0596 ________________________________ From: Karl Hehr <karl_h...@s-hamilton.k12.ia..us <mailto:karl_h...@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:51 AM To: Info-Tech <info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us> Subject: [info-tech] Internet connection ANyone else down this morning? Karl H. Hehr Technology/Curriculum Director South Hamilton CSD www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 515.827.5418 (W) 515.209.9767 (C) 515.827.5368 (F) Luddite by Degrees 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things --- Douglas Adams --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the server aea8.k12.ia.us] --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us/ --------------------------------------------------------- -- "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." ~ Rich Cook -- Lance L. Lennon District Technology Director Eagle Grove Community School District 515-448-4749
