User manual

The WebMux Pro and Model WM108E User Guide – Version 5. 8 Rev15

• First, Server 1 and Server 2 would each need the website

www.cainetworks.com configured on them and HTTP/HTTPS services

started, and

• Second, a farm on the WebMux is defined with Server 1 and Server 2 in it.

The servers would be setup to either share the traffic, or setup as a

primary server and standby server. In either case, if Server 1 goes down,

then all traffic will be automatically directed to Server 2 by the WebMux.

In Out-of-Path mode, only one network in the setup, that is the server LAN, is

connected to the Internet through the firewall and router. Internet traffic or local

connections can both be directly sent to WebMux, which routes the packets to

the proper server(s), then the server routes the return traffic back to the remote

or local clients directly.

In most situations, the incoming traffic is in small requests, and return traffic from

servers back to clients is large amount of data, pictures, or documents. Using

direct routing will allow up to 100 times more traffic to be handled by the WebMux

load balancer. The disadvantage for direct routing is that the firewall protections

built-in to WebMux will no longer function. Users then must provide their own

firewall for incoming and outgoing traffic.