I have a client who has an NT server running Exchange v5.5. They have a remote office connected via an Ascend Pipeline 50 router (using a 56K point-to-point direct connection). The NT/Exchange server has a default gateway of the router LAN addressso that the remote office can access email via Exchange, print to network pinters, etc.
They also have a Netopia router (at the main location)with a Watchguard SOHO firewall unit. Local Workstations that have TCP/IP configured with DNS and the IP address of the firewall(as a gateway)can gain access to the Internet. The server cannot due to the existing default gateway for the 56K connection. It appears that you cannot have multiple gateways active at any time with NT.
Does anyone know how to configure the Ascend router (at the remote location) to “bounce-back” packets destined for the Internet? With the solution, Internet-destined packets will travel out the default gateway, hit the remote site and return to the main location to be routed out the firewall unit to the Internet destination. Does this involve configuring “static routes”??
Any help would be greatly appreciated!