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Configure Network Adapters

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You must assign one or more IP addresses to the external network adapter and at least one IP address to the internal network adapter. For information about deploying ISA Server with a single network adapter, see Configuring ISA Server 2004 on a Computer with a Single Network Adapter at the Microsoft TechNet Web site, at https://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidOCS?clid=1033&p1=ISAconfig. This document also applies to ISA Server 2006.

In the following procedures, the ISA Server computer has two network adapters:

  • A public, or external, network adapter, which is exposed to the clients that attempt to connect to your Web site (usually over the Internet)

  • A private, or internal, network interface, which is exposed to the internal Web servers to which outside users connect

To configure the network adapter cards on the reverse proxy computer

  1. On the server running ISA Server 2006, open Network Connections. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Network Connections.

  2. Right-click the external network connection to be used for the external interface, and then click Properties.

  3. On the Properties page, click the General tab, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the This connection uses the following items list, and then click Properties.

  4. On the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties page, configure the IP addresses and DNS server addresses as appropriate for the network to which the network adapter is attached.

  5. Click OK twice.

  6. In the Network Connections dialog box, right-click the internal network connection to be used for the internal interface, and then click Properties.

  7. Repeat steps 3 through 5 to configure the internal network connection.