Re: DNS need some explaination

On 11/29/05, Raul Martinez Jr. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello Linux gurus, I am confused. The situation is like this:
>
> We have a mail/web server which is behind a firewall/router ( linksys ).
> It has has been setup to serve as a sub-domain of our company. This
> server can be accessed via ssh/web and can receive incoming mail.
> Looking at the DNS entries on dreamhost.com and thru 'dig' the IP
> address is same with the public IP of our router. How can the router
> knows which of the machines (servers and our workstations) is the
> destination during http/mail/ssh request? The router administration page
> doesn't give any clue. I am trying to duplicate this behaviour by
> registering another sub-domain pointing to my machine but using the
> routers IP. However, it seems that whenever I access this new subdomain
> via http it still points to the same server (original).
>
> Can anybody enlighten me on this? Thanks so much!
>
>
look for "DMZ" ... the IP add should reflect that of your server.

hth.

'Jopoy

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