Hi, In Answer to you question re Windows 2000/2k3 you would just need to install routing and remote access service (RRAS) - part of windows, you can then add OSPF as a routing protocol and tell it which adapter to listen on.
I have used this successfully when setting ISA Server up with a default gateway off one nic (pointing towards the net - protected by a decent firewall) and another pointing at the local network, one can then learn the LAN routes using OSPF or RIP etc. and have a default route out the other NIC. Mark Kaye -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of william(at)elan.net Sent: 14 September 2006 18:55 To: Roland Dobbins Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Q on what IGP routing protocol to use for supplying only gateway address On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Roland Dobbins wrote: > On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:35 AM, william(at)elan.net wrote: > >> Any suggestion as to what IGP protocol is best for this scenario? > > This is more of a cisco-nsp question, but probably OSPF, as it's supported > by the routing daemons on most *NIXes out of the box. I don't know about > Windows. If this was 5+ years ago, I'd have said RIP as it works great for supplying only gateway address, but I want RIP to go RIP and will not use it again. So yes OSPF seems like best choice, but I was hoping something simple for gateway-only is available. I've no idea yet how to deal with Windows (all win2000 and win2003), anybody? > Are you doing anycasting or something? Yes, anycasting will be involved but only for very small number of servers (all linux) - that is kind-of separate issue. The equipment itself however will only see local gateway addresses (obviously), so it should not care or know about it. > If simple redundancy in the default gateway is the goal, another (and > probably simpler) method is to implement HSRP or GLBP between your routers > which are serving the hosts in question. Can't use HSRP in this case (or IVRP or whatever else its called with non-cisco options) - too long to explain why. -- William Leibzon Elan Networks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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