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Why do I have to log on so much?????? 1
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If you need to log in every time you most likely need to configure whatever you're using to do the load balancing to allow persistant connections. It's hard to say exactly without know what exact equipment does your load balancing but you problem probably is there.
What's most likely happening is, you first go to the IP, and the you get "balanced" to Box A. Box A asks you to log in. You log in.
When you submit a request, for a new page, or anything else really, the load balancing devices sees this as an entirely new request and is now sending you to Box B. You've only logged into Box A, though. As far as Box B is concerned you're an interloper. So now box B asks you to log in.
Etc, etc.
Without know exactly what you're doing and with what equipment you're doing it with it's hard to say for sure but I'm willing to bet you need to change how you have your load balancing set up. If you don't mind saying, what kind of hardware are you using to balance? I've worked with a couple of the industy's mainstays for load balancing...I might be able to help.
What's most likely happening is, you first go to the IP, and the you get "balanced" to Box A. Box A asks you to log in. You log in.
When you submit a request, for a new page, or anything else really, the load balancing devices sees this as an entirely new request and is now sending you to Box B. You've only logged into Box A, though. As far as Box B is concerned you're an interloper. So now box B asks you to log in.
Etc, etc.
Without know exactly what you're doing and with what equipment you're doing it with it's hard to say for sure but I'm willing to bet you need to change how you have your load balancing set up. If you don't mind saying, what kind of hardware are you using to balance? I've worked with a couple of the industy's mainstays for load balancing...I might be able to help.
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Iggy ... I'm using IIS 5.0 on Windows Advanced Servers with the built in Microsoft LB. I understand on the set up you have the IP of the site and then you have the IP for the card itself. When I publish I set the IP address to publish directly to the PHYSICAL IP NIC address. I understand what you are saying might be the case if I was publishing to the IP address of the site, but, would I don't see how it could drop the publishing if I'm sending it directly to the physical NIC.
Oh...hmmm....I incorrectly assumed hardware load balancing, mainly cuz that's all I've ever worked with 
Your situation is a puzzler then. I never used MS LB first hand so I really can't say for sure.
If you have a whole day to burn you can surf MS TechNet and maybe find something that kinda felt like it might help...but in the end really didn't. At least thats how my time on MS technet is usually spent.
Sorry i couldn't be more help.
Your situation is a puzzler then. I never used MS LB first hand so I really can't say for sure.
If you have a whole day to burn you can surf MS TechNet and maybe find something that kinda felt like it might help...but in the end really didn't. At least thats how my time on MS technet is usually spent.
Sorry i couldn't be more help.
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iggystar,
I built and now administer a Windows 2000 Server running IIS 5. I'm also a web content and ASP developer. I've never played around with load balancing or content replication acoss multiple web servers, but I'll be attending a meeting today where we will be discussing our options for accomplishing some fault tolerance for our Intranet server (this web server). You sound like you might be able to provide me with some basic insight into some options, hardware and/or software, I can consider. Can you school me please? Thanks.
I built and now administer a Windows 2000 Server running IIS 5. I'm also a web content and ASP developer. I've never played around with load balancing or content replication acoss multiple web servers, but I'll be attending a meeting today where we will be discussing our options for accomplishing some fault tolerance for our Intranet server (this web server). You sound like you might be able to provide me with some basic insight into some options, hardware and/or software, I can consider. Can you school me please? Thanks.
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