Re: Unable to access our own external web site

From: Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] (admin_at_nospam.WFTX.US)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 06:38:25 -0500

In news:600b01c48ac3$eb722a40$a301280a@phx.gbl,
Lowly Almost Admin <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote their
comments
Then Kevin replied below:
> I have poked around in SBS newsgroup trying to find the
> answer to this, but can't see anything, so I thought I
> would check with the W2k DNS group.
>
> Config:
> -Running a SBS 2k server with 2 NICs.
> -One NIC has an IP address of x.x.x.2 (labeled External)
> -The other has an IP address of x.x.x.3 (labeled Internal)
> -SBS server is DC for domain.local
> -SBS server also hosting external web site (domain.com)
> -IIS runs External web site on External NIC and Intranet
> on Internal NIC
> -DNS entry for www pointing to the External NIC
>
> Problem:
> -Computers in domain.local can't access domain.com web
> site
>
> Resolution?

Create a forward lookup zone named www.domain.com, in that zone create a new
host leave the name field blank give it the IP of the web server. 

-- 
Best regards,
Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
Hope This Helps
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