I have an issue and I hope someone here can help me!! I have two LAN's, one is connected the the Internet VIA an ADSL line and the other VIA a 128K Frame Relay to our main office (Just Installed). Apparently if we want our users to have Exchange email access or access to the local Intranet they must be connected to the Frame (makes sense) now we can also access the Internet through this Frame but of course it is very slow. I want the users to be able to use the ADSL line for www browsing FTP and similar while using the Frame for Email and Intranet. I was figuring I could get a Cisco Router and connect the two LAN's together and maybe use a proxy server to direct internet traffic to the gateway? My questions are is this possible and are there any alternatives as the Cisco routers are very expensive. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

It is possible and not that difficult. How are the two LANs connected now? Is there a reason for two separate LANs? You should also currently have two routers, one for the ADSL connection and one for the Frame Relay. How ever it's currently configured, it's just a routing issue. Every computer's default route should point to the ADSL router and then another route should be in place to point to the main office. You can do this with static routes at each machine or a route at the ADSL router. I would need a little more detail about your network layout to give details. Hope this helps

Your right I do have a Router on the Frame and on the ADSL line, but I am not allowed to touch the config on either as they are owned by the ISP. Maybe I have this totaly wrong but I will explain my thought on the two LAN's. Because I have to seperate Lines comming in and I have to use them both (ADSL and Frame) That gives me to seperate networks. I must connect these networks somehow to allow me to use the Frame for internetwork traffic and the ADSL for the Internet and FTP etc. So I thought the way to do this was to connect the two networks to a Router and from there go to my Intranet. The reason I say I ahve two LAN's is because in order for some of the companies application to function correctly I have to use the assigned external IP address from the ISP (on the Frame) for two Printers and a Server. but I still need the workstations to be able to access the Printers, server and of course the Intranet. I hope this makes sense otherwise message me on MSN if you have any suggestions. Your help is GREATLY appreciated. Thank You, Ryan