can't browse web domain

[TonyT]

have put a new 6,5 server behind our bm 3.7 box that will host several
webs...

have done nat to the private ips on the web server, and can open a web
browser window from outside the network with either the public ip or
the domain name (schooldistrict.org)

however, from inside the network, only the private ip will open a web
browser window. neither the public ip nor the domain name work from
inside... (but from inside i can ping the public ip)...

the public ip is a secondary ip on the bm server, and it nats to a
secondary private ip on the web server...

does this sound like a nat issue? or dns?

cheers

[Craig Johnson]

In article <24on10h86mvp63nrl...@4ax.com>, TonyT wrote:
> does this sound like a nat issue? or dns?
>

It's both.

You cannot 'go out and come back in' with NAT. From the inside, you
must go to the internal IP address, so you need an internal DNS server
to give out the private IP address.

If all traffic is going to the BMgr proxy, you can just put the private
IP address in the BMgr server's sys:etc\hosts file.

Craig Johnson
Novell Support Connection SysOp
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[TonyT]

thanks craig. i had in fact found the hosts file info somewhere
(probably on your web site), but your post made me go look at it
again. as soon as i typed the ipaddress and dns name in the hosts
file CORRECTLY it worked great! cheers..

many thanks again....