Re: Windows loopback setup tool...

[Malcolm Turnbull <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brad,

The utility will install the loopback adapter.


Regards,

Malcolm Turnbull.

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Brad Taylor wrote:

> If a Windows Real Server is not setup with a loopback.  What will the
> results be?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malcolm Turnbull [mailto:malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:41 AM
> To: LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list.
> Subject: Windows loopback setup tool...
>
> Brads email reminded me that we have a small .net based tool to setup
> the loopback adpater for DR mode on windows 2000/2003 web servers.
>
> The idea was to install the loopback & setup as many VIPs as required 
> and then
> set the netmask to 255.255.255.255.. But from testing we've found that 
> windows will
> sometimes stop responding to the load balancers RIP (for health checks),
>
> whereas if you use a netmask
> of 255.0.0.0 Windows ignores this route because it looks for the 
> smallest subnet in the routing table first i.e. you 255.255.255.0 (or 
> whaterver your using for your RIP.)
> The small utility requires the .net framework 1.1.
> When you start it click on the red warning 'no adapter found' to install
>
> the loopback
> Then add as many VIPs as you want and click save.
>
> Slightly pointless for anyone who knows what they are doing, but someone
>
> may find it usefull.
>
> You can download binary and source here :
> http://www.loadbalancer.org/download/nt/
>
> NB. The one marked BETA will set the netmask to 255.255.255.255 (if 
> thats what you want)
>
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>
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