Re: Remote Access: IP vs domain name?

From: OLOT (olot_at_somewhereusa.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 02:18:28 GMT

Wow, that was quick, thank you. So, for example, I would make:

mail.diamondvids.com A Host = myip (at Network Solutions)
remote.diamondvids.com A Host = myip (at Network Solutions)

Once my A Host record updates ( a couple of hours...)

mail.diamondvids.com/exchange will go to OWA and
remote.diamondvids.com/remote will go to RWW

alternately I could make the A host record of server.diamondvids.com = myip
and

server.diamondvids.com/exchange will go to OWA and
server.diamondvids.com/remote will go to RWW

Is that right?

p.s. - I already have an entry for mail.diamondvids.com for my MX record:
mail.diamondvids.com (10) with A host entry for mail.diamondvids.com = myip
(at Network Solutions)
so I guess that one is already set up and working cuz I just tested it.
Doh!

"Javier Gomez [SBS MVP]" <javier_gomez@remove.this.engineer.com> wrote in
message news:ueK717n1EHA.1564@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > During the Remote Access wizard, it asks for the Full Internet Name of
the
> > server (is that the same as FQDN)?
>
> That is correct.
>
> > If my domain name is: diamondvids.com, and I type www.diamondvids.com to
> > access the website, what would be the correct entry?
>
> Probably not. Unless you plan to host that website on the SBS box (not
> recommended).
>
> > (1) Do I use diamondvids.com or server01.diamondvids.com?
>
> You could... but I would use something more significant. Like
> mail.diamondvids.com or remote.diamondvids.com. However, you can use
> whatever you want.
>
> > (2) Does the server01 portion need to match the server name, or does it
> > merely have to match the A host entry?
>
> Nope. Just the (public) A host entry.
>
> > (3) Based on (1), what would my A host entry be where I maintain my dns
> > records?
>
> Let's say you decide to use remote.diamondvids.com then your A record
should
> be (remember that this is on your public DNS, not on the SBS box):
>
> remote.diamondvids.com IN A XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
>
> where xxxx represent the static public IP of your SBS box.
>
> > (4) It seems many users opt to use the static ip address and forego the
> > domain name, is there an advantage to this, security wise or other...
>
> I don't think many users do this and I see no advantage of doing it (in
fact
> it is a disadvantage because you have to remember the criptic IP instead
of
> a nice hostname).
>
> --
> Javier [SBS MVP]
> www.msmvps.com/javier
> << SBS ROCKS !!! >>
>
>

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