Re: Interesting question

Hi Kevin,
Thanks for replying.. I do understand that, and I do have an internal dns
server set up. I am sorry for not understanding but isn't that the same as
setting up
some kind of conditional forwarding or alias on the dns server and map the ip
address of the webserver?

"Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote:

> Prav <Prav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Here is the background.
> > Just set up the external facing webserver which resides on the DMZ
> > port of the cisco PIX. Pix has about 5 ipaddress (public static) that
> > is mapped to 5 internal
> > addresses with .3X subnet. The server is on the .3 subnet and the
> > rest of the network with AD is on .2x subnet with the full trust from
> > .2X to .3X.
> > Running
> > win2003 standard for the server OS.
> >
> > Here is the question.
> > I have a test site created in the webserver and assigned to a ip
> > address
> > with .3.X
> > that is mapped to 165.X.X.X outside. I can ping to the ipadress and
> > the get to it
> > from the browser from inside the .2X network and same from outside
> > using the public 165.x.x.x address from outside. The problem is Since
> > it is the same pix I cannot directly ping 165.x.x.x address from .2x
> > network because I go out using one
> > IP and then come back using another. I was told that it is by design.
> > So in order to get to the website. abc.com from the internal network
> > I setup a conditional forwarding on the dns server with abc.com and
> > ip as .3.x but it does ping to that address.
> >
> > What is the best way to tackle this problem without me going to each
> > client machine and creating the shortcut to the ipaddress of the
> > webserver to get to abc.com. Thanks in advance
>
> You should have an internal DNS server set up for internal clients that
> resolves the names to the internal IP of the web server. No external clients
> should see this DNS, and no internal clients should see the external DNS.
>
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> Best regards,
> Kevin D4 Dad Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]
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