Re: SBS 2003 + Linux Webserver

Yea, I agree. Many of the SMBs in this area either use Linksys or D-Link.
Trying to resell a SonicWall is like pulling teeth due to the cost factor.

Thanks though for the insight.

-- Michael


"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:unvc%239iGGHA.3056@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> OWA and RWW could still be 443 and web 80. I keep port 80 closed here.
>
> A Linksys is not a 'web server' quality firewall...that's just a
> nat/routing device in my book. That's a consumer grade firewall that
> depending on the traffic... I'm not sure I'd run a business on it. I
> have it at home, but not at work.
>
> MWE Computers Services wrote:
>
> >I have a client that has a SBS 2003 server (Standard edition) on-site but
> >wants to have their external website hosted on a Linux server which will
> >also on-site. I have chosen to use SuSe v10.0 OSS and have already
installed
> >the XAMPP edition for Apache2, PHP5, and MySQL.
> >
> >I know all I have to do is setup the firewall to point port 80 to the
Linux
> >webserver, but the client also wants to keep the OWA and RWW access for
> >their on-the-road sales team (i.e. www.website.com/remote &
> >www.website.com/exchange ). Is it possible to still keep the
remote/exchange
> >portion even though the firewall is pointing the linux box or do I need
to
> >setup a different port of the firewall to point to the SBS server's port
> >80/443?
> >
> >Firewall is a Linksys WRV54G Wireless-G VPN/Firewall router.
> >
> >What is the best way for going about this?
> >
> >-- Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >


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