{"id":497,"date":"2009-04-22T22:09:40","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T21:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/atwork\/?p=497"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:33:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T12:33:25","slug":"windows-software-load-balancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/atwork\/2009\/04\/windows-software-load-balancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Software Load Balancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170309150904\/http:\/\/wiki.nginx.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/atwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/nginx-logo.png\" alt=\"nginx-logo\" width=\"350\" height=\"90\" class=\"attachment wp-att-499 \" style=\"float:right\" \/><\/a>I needed to test our application behind a load balancer using a windows machine. Scouring the web didn&#8217;t turn up anything particularly useful&#8230; all heavy weight, commercial products. 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