DNS Issue (I think)

[JabbaTheNut]

This is the basic layout of my Windows 2000 network...
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Router
IP: 207.68.132.97 (Gateway)
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WEB (IIS 5.0)
RRAS (NAT enabled)
ID: web1.mysite.com
IP: 207.68.132.98 (WAN)
IP: 192.168.1.2 (LAN)
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DNS
Active Directory
ID: prime1.mysite.com
IP: 192.168.1.1
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My DNS looks like the following...

(same as parent) Start of Authority mysite.com
(same as parent) Name Server prime1.mysite.com
prime1 Host 192.168.1.1
web1 Host 192.168.1.2
www Host 207.68.132.98


Here is my problem...

I can ping all private and public IP addresses and URLs (such as

http://www.mysite.com)

both within my network and on the outside. Additionally, I have a default html document (default.htm) located in my "Default Web Site" webroot folder. However, when I attempt to call

http://www.mysite.com

from a web browser (either inside or outside my network) I get the "HTTP 404 Page Not Found" error. What am I missing? Game Over, Man!

 

[Zelandakh]

what do you want to display when they type

http://www.mysite.com?

You are pointing at the WAN IP. If you want them to see the default.htm on web1, set the

http://www to

be 192.168.1.2

Test by going to 192.168.1.2 and see if the page comes up...

 

[JabbaTheNut]

I want users to see default.htm when they type

http://www.mysite.com.

Also, I am trying to set this website up for internet use (accessible from the outside). I tried typing

http://www.mysite.com

from outside the network and also received the "HTTP 404 Page Not Found" error. Game Over, Man!

 

[CoolClark]

Is your DNS server authoritative for your domain? By that I mean did you register your domain and are your DNS servers available to the internet? If you can't hit your DNS servers from the Internet it won't do any good to register host names and such for external ip addresses. They will only be valid internally.

 

[JabbaTheNut]

Problem solved! (I'm so inept at times!)

While I was setting up my network, I changed the IP address of my web server from a previously entered address that does not currently exist to a new one. However, I neglected to change the IP address in the properties page of "Default Web Site". Once I did this, everything worked perfectly. Thanks for your help Game Over, Man!