I've got three UT machines obviously serving three (3) different segments of our network. These 3 machines are interconnected via their respective DMZ interfaces. Therefore, all three can communicate with each other.
The reason for this installation is that each segment has their own internet connection (via DSL, dynamic ip) with each segment having /25 subnets thereby resulting to (what I feel is) better LAN connectivity. The setup is already into its 2nd year, and I have no major issues so far.
Enter a piece of hardware (core i3, 4 gig ram, 4 PCI interfaces, built-in LAN) about to land on our laps because the user uprgaded to an iMac.
The plan now is to: merge all three (3) segments into a single box (to simplify network management) and load balance the three WAN connections using a third-party load balancer (pfsense for now and probably peplink in the near future). Issues are:
1. We might end up with two (2) routers on the network: The Load Balancer and UT:
internet <---> load balancer <---> ut <----> lan segments
2. If configured in bridge mode, will UT be able to dole out different DHCP pools through their respective internal interfaces, and make these dhcp pools communicate with each other?
3. Can the hardware specs take it?
The hardware is not ready yet as I still have to order some NICs, but i am looking forward to as much info on this as possible.
Thanks
The reason for this installation is that each segment has their own internet connection (via DSL, dynamic ip) with each segment having /25 subnets thereby resulting to (what I feel is) better LAN connectivity. The setup is already into its 2nd year, and I have no major issues so far.
Enter a piece of hardware (core i3, 4 gig ram, 4 PCI interfaces, built-in LAN) about to land on our laps because the user uprgaded to an iMac.
The plan now is to: merge all three (3) segments into a single box (to simplify network management) and load balance the three WAN connections using a third-party load balancer (pfsense for now and probably peplink in the near future). Issues are:
1. We might end up with two (2) routers on the network: The Load Balancer and UT:
internet <---> load balancer <---> ut <----> lan segments
2. If configured in bridge mode, will UT be able to dole out different DHCP pools through their respective internal interfaces, and make these dhcp pools communicate with each other?
3. Can the hardware specs take it?
The hardware is not ready yet as I still have to order some NICs, but i am looking forward to as much info on this as possible.
Thanks