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Old 2008-05-12
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Default silly doubt abt isp redundancy

hi all i am new checkpoint and this is my first post in this section .

in the isp redundancy documentation .they have mentioned that for incoming connections to the webserver the isp wil forward the dns request to the vpn-1
and the vpn1 firewall will resolve the address.

i didn;t understand this why will a isp forward the dns request to the enterprise. i guess when we buy public ip;s and hosting web servers. the service provider adds a dns entry in his dns server with the domain-name of the site to the static public ip address given by the isp. so i guess for the incoming connection the isp itself resolves the address and gives the address to the host.

when there are 2 links from different isp and we have static natted the server to both the routable address and the user from the internet queries for the l webserver. when it queries it;s isp for the dns . it depends on the isp as to which dns reply it;s forwarding.

lets say the link1 is form isp 1 and link 2 is from isp2.
the server is mapped to address from both the isp .

now the host when it connects to a xyz isp queries for the webserver.let;s say the isp dns replies with the ip address of isp1. and now the user sends the traffic to the ip address of isp1 given to the server.but the link to isp1 say it;s down.

so it will be dropped.

so where;s the redundancy.

guys if i am wrong pls correct me.

hoping get any help on the same.

regards

sebastan
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