I’ve been running a server via a direct connection through ADSL modem. The outside world sees this server by its (static) IP address, and through DNS names pointing to that address.
Now I want to shift the server onto a router which will do the job of the modem. But that means the router gets the IP address, and the server is invisible to outside. Can I do this??? I’m not a network guru, so please keep it in simple talk.
Subject: Shifting server from direct Internet connection to Router - how?
Depends on the capabilities of your router, but in most cases, yes, you can.
You’d have to confingure the router to forward SMTP traffic into your domino box on private address space, and configure NAT on the router to allow your outgoing traffic to pass and appear to be coming from the router.
If you wanted the domino machine to be “invisible”, so to speak, you’d have to have an external, public SMTP server answer for your domain and forward the incoming mail to your domino box, probably through a firewall that only allowed smtp connections to your domino box from the external smtp relay server. Also, you’d need to configure your domino server to forward it’s outgoing smtp traffic to the relay for final delivery. This is the scenario I use.
Hope that helps, and let me know if I can be of further assistance.
-John
Subject: RE: Shifting server from direct Internet connection to Router - how?
Thanks for that. I was looking for something more general that just mail. I’ve tried setting up a NAT virtual server, mapping the ports to the new internal address, but it’s not working yet. Accessing the server via browser gives error 404. Any idea why?