Passthrough Server

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Hi

I have to replace my current domain (oldDomain) with a new one (newDomain). I have setup the new server (newServer) and am now moving the users to this machine one at a time. Everything is working perfectly except that I currently only have one IP (I currenty cannot get a second one) and that points to server.acme.com which is the oldServer. I though that I could access the new machine (newServer) by placing it in the passthough field (incl. connection document) in the old machine - unfortunately this is not working.

This is the setup I have:

oldServer → 192.168.0.200

newServer → 192.168.0.206

The external DNS has the following:

server.acme.com → 94.12.12.12

I setup the passthough on the server document on oldServer to point to newServer. I created a Passthough connection document on oldServer to point to newServer. I have placed the name of the user (New User/newDomain@newDomain) in the needed field in the oldServer server document in the passthough section.

When I try and connect to oldServer using the dns server.acme.com I see the files on the old server (I cross certified the domains). When I try and access newServer using the dns server.acme.com (same dns - was hoping that the oldServer when seeing that the user whats to get to newServer would pass the connection on) I get “The server is not responding”.

Have I totally misunderstood what the passthough setting is for or have I just made a mistake that I cannot see?

Thanking you for any help given

Ursus Schneider

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Subject: Passthrough Server

You have to make a few more changes:First: The server document in the NewServer should have the users that are allowed to reach the server through passthrough in the ‘Access This Server’ field in the passthru section.

Second you need to create the correct connection documents on the client.

  • first connection document should be for the OldServer using the address server.acme.com (connection type: local area network)

  • second connection document should be for the NewServer and should be using the OldServer as the passthru server (connection type: passthru server)

When trying to make a connection now you should be able to see the results in the status bar. If you want more detailed information on building up the connection you can do a trace (file > preferences > user preferences > ports).

HTH

Max

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Subject: RE: Passthrough Server

Hi

Thank you very much for your info. It’s working perfectly now ;o)

The only problem now is that the initial Client configuration does not allow you to create a passthrough connection document!

Thank you

Ursus