> Is there a module available for Apache 2 which will have more
> functionality just like mod_proxy? With mod_proxy there are only 1:1
> relations possible - but I need a real dispatching functionality:
> From Apache Webserver to more than one target host (with detection of
> targets that are down ...)

You can do this with mod_rewrite in conjunction with the [proxy] flag.
See http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/en/...e.html#content,
look for "Load Balancing". The example contains everything you want
except the detection of down hosts, but you can add it easely to the
lb.pl script provided there - or google around a bit for an already
enhanced version - i'm quite certain it exists somewhere.

HTH
Christian Ramseyer