Topic: Two servers on one DSL Modem?

[LeoM]

Hello all,

Presently I'm hosting multiple website's with my server on one (fixed) IP#
As one site is getting quite busy, I'm thinking of bringing a second server on line.

Would it be possible to put a HUB behind the DSL modem and connect this to the two external NIC's of the servers, each running a primary website with a different URL?

Experience anyone?

Thanks in advance,

Leo

[dhardy]

that depends .....

If you can get a second fixed IP then yes.

if you need to run both servers on port 80 then port forwarding is out with only 1 ip address.

If you are smarter than I am you may be able to configure a reverse proxy to use the external IP and manage the traffic correctly. If you don't know how to do this it is probably way too risky to 'just have a go'.

If it were me I'd get a second IP or farm out the busy site to an isp.

HTH


David.

[CharlieBrady]

Presently I'm hosting multiple website's with my server on one (fixed) IP#
As one site is getting quite busy, I'm thinking of bringing a second server on line.

If your site is slow because your bandwidth is all used up then adding 1 or 100 extra servers behind the same modem will not make any difference. If your websites are all static content, then any decent PC should be able to fill a DSL uplink, whether its one website or ten.

If adding another server will really make a difference, the easiest way to do it would be to use  proxy pass to one domain's traffic to a second server on the LAN.