Re: ISA Server, a good choice ?

From: Andrew (NlOoSoPrAiMcNjOmS@PyAaMhNoOoS.PcAoMm)
Date: 03/19/02


From: "Andrew" <NlOoSoPrAiMcNjOmS@PyAaMhNoOoS.PcAoMm>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:57:42 -0500


"Patrick HERVO" <krypton@libertysurf.fr> wrote in message
news:a77bv2$pjk$1@reader1.imaginet.fr...
> Hello,
>
> Is ISA Server a good choice for a small network (1 NT 4.0 with Exchange
5.5,
> 1 2000 Server, 30 workstations) We also have an xDSL behind a cisco router
> with 2 translated IP adresses.
>
> Is anybody has implemented such a solution ?
>

We were going to implement it until the college's networking people shut us
down (they are afraid of having competent routers on their already poorly
maintained network). Ours was going to be a bit bigger than your rollout
but for what you have an ISA solution would be just fine. Just make sure to
set up your DMZ properly for the exchange server (if it talks with the
outside world) and check the knowledgebase at M$, there are a couple of
issues setting up exchange 5.5 on the firewall side of the ISA server. A
couple of the 'preprogrammed' setups are faulty and won't let the exchange
server send smtp traffic out past the firewall.

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