Exchange server 5.5 and Proxy server
Jaap de Koning
Both my exchange server and my proxy server use a RAS connection to
connect to the internet. They both use a different channel on my ISDN
card, and a different connection in RAS. Now, as my Exchange server
collects its SMTP mail (IMC), the proxy server temporary stops for about
5 minutes. Can anyone tell me why this is, and how I can get rid of this
problem?
Kirill S. Palagin
proxyfaq.networkgods.com
Jaap de Koning wrote:
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Kirill
Rich Matheisen [MVP]
>Can anyone help me with a problem with my Exchange + Proxy server?
>
>Both my exchange server and my proxy server use a RAS connection to
>connect to the internet. They both use a different channel on my ISDN
>card, and a different connection in RAS. Now, as my Exchange server
>collects its SMTP mail (IMC), the proxy server temporary stops for about
>5 minutes. Can anyone tell me why this is, and how I can get rid of this
>problem?
Your problem is the routing that NT is doing. The last RAS connection
gets to be the gateway with a metric of 1. This has nothing to do with
Exchange. If both connections are on the same network this is
especially problematic.
Try this MS KB article and see if it helps:
Q143168 "Routing IP Packets to Network Adapter Rather than RAS"
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Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm