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How to configure network to route traffic to sub-net via one router and everything else on another

Hi,
I've got a network with one main router that's handling Internet access/email/Lan-2-Lan VPNS.

To get better performance I've bought another router so I can transfer the LAN-2-LAN VPN to it.

How can I set the main network up so it routes traffice to the remote site though the second router whilst all other traffic goes though the main router?

I'm using hardware router based VPNs between the remote site and second router. The netowrk is a SBS 2003 network.

Thanks!

hmare

You will need to create a static route on the main router telling it that all traffic for x.x.x.x (the remote site) uses the second router as its gateway. You will also need some kind of rule allowing access from the wan to the second router, similar to what you would need for a web server.

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jmsjms

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Hi Roachy

I use a VBS loginscript. Will this work in VBS? If I have it in their login script with a -p will it just put it in once or will it continue to add it?

Cheers
John

Roachy1979

If the rule exists it will overwrite the existing rule.....so it should be fine.

Not sure about VBS. I'm sure you could call a separate batch file from within a VBS login script though...just create a .bat file in the Netlogon folder and place a separate call to run that file....

jmsjms

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I've not yet put it in a script but have used it on a test PC and server. Works fine on XP and SBS2003 but when I tried it on a W2003 R2 server it didnt like the -p. Had a look at the /? and it's not listed as an option. Weird eh?

Anyway thanks very much!

John

jmsjms

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Thanks!