T1 Connection Sharing and Proxy Settings

I have a T1 line coming in, then it goes through my proxy server for 4 employees. I am wondering if I can split the T1 with just a cheap little thingy like you can at home with your phone line. I want the raw T1 connection for myself, bypassing the proxy server and I want my employees to keep using the Proxy. Is it that simple ? Do I need to throw in a cheap router ? Thank you for your help !!

 

Ummm....NO, you cannot split off a T1 and if you could you would need hardware on each end of the split. There are really no cheap routers for frame relay or T1. There might be the option to use some bandwidth throttling on th proxy server that would allow you to have the majority of the badwidth.

 

Here's the thing, I don't want to go through the proxy !

 

Is your proxy server set up with 2 NIC's, one for the internal network and one for the internet? If you put a switch or a hub between the router's ethernet connection and the proxy server you should be able to jump in there.

 

Thanks !

 

I suspect that you'll have issues by putting the T1 line into a hub or a switch bare. It also depends on the T1 supplier. I wonder if you could use a broadband router to split the T1 line, sure would be a cheap solution.

 

Let me give you guys the whole story. My grandfather works for an insurance company. Technically it's his own office and employees, but they still force you to go through the proxy server running NT4. They have a 3com hub and a Cisco Catalyst 1700 I believe. This internet connection we are trying to establish is for "personal use". I have directly put the T1 into the computer and it's great, but of course the 4 secretaries don't have any connection then! I may try a little Netgear router I have laying around. What if I put in another NIC card in the Server ? Geez, sounds easy.

 

Since you have access to the server, I'd just configure the proxy server to give you unrestricted access, it'll make the whole thing go a lot smoother.

 

Ok, that'd be nice. But let me give you just a teeny weeny itsy bitsy more info.....It's State Farm and they don't mess around. I mean even though it's your own office, they "still own some stuff". Does anyone think a nice HUB or nice SWITCH like Cisco could pull off the trick ?