LAN/WAN

[OSR]

We have a Lan setup for the entire office, all of the computers are connected to this LAN even the computers from the other companies that share the office. My problem is that there is only one Internet connection for the office, it is a CABLE connection, it has a static IP and is considered the WAN address.

One of our computers on the LAN is a server (Windows 2000 Server) that we want to turn into the web server but we cannot figure out how to contact the server over the web since the static IP (WAN) address only calls the modem, then I think there's a switch that handles the LAN.

Basically, we are able to ping the server via it's LAN IP address but cannot gain access to it outside of the office. How is something like this handled where there is a WAN address that goes to the office but we want to continue down through the WAN to get to the LAN and contact our server.

If someone could explain some networking concepts to me, tell me how this is done or recommend a good book that will help me figure this stuff out, thanks.

Rocco is the BOY!!

M O T I V A T E!

 

[yizhar]

HI.

The answer is simple:
Call your ISP and ask them.

You might wish to host your web site at another location,
because implementing a local web server:
* For security reasons - will require a firewall with DMZ and another dedicated server.
* Might require changing your internet connection.
* Might have bandwidth and availability problems - you must check the uplink bandwidth with your ISP before thinking about a local web server.

Bye
Yizhar Hurwitz

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[OSR]

Thanks for the answer but I don't think it's what I'm looking for.

We have a powerful server located on this LAN that is quite cabable of internet traffic and once we get the server on the WEB we'll be purchasing a faster internet service, T1 probably. However, becuase this office is a real estate office several different organizations and agents work under one roof and one umbrella organization (RE/MAX) even though they are technically separate orgs. RE/MAX pays, partially for the internet connection for the ENTIRE OFFICE so even though we'll have a dedicated IP to the office this Server will still exist on the in-office LAN. We need to know how we can get the the dedicated IP address to point to the LAN IP address.

You jive my problem, blood?

the cable modem hooks into a switch, the office is CAT5 wired i think, the switch is wired in all ports to wall ports that go to each work station. One of these ports is directly connected to the Server we want to use.

How could i type in our dedicated IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx in the browser:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

and get our web server? What do I have to add to the above URL beyond the dedicated IP to be able to contact my Server on the LAN that exists underneath the dedicated IP. Rocco is the BOY!!

M O T I V A T E!

 

[Hungster]

To solve your problem
you either run an internal ip and have your internal ip mapped to an external central ip

if you use cable, there are many limitation you can do
i suggest you go thru a real ISP who can gives you a block of IP plus they have to map the MX-record to your ip

please do it properly, either thru full-rate adsl or T1 or fibre, solve lots of your headache down the road

make sure you ask your isp about the traffic allow monthly on your connection, if you host your own web, once it gets very busy, then on top of your monthly charge, you might be billed for extra traffic

Hung

 

[Guest_imported]

If your router is capable of it, you could run IP forwarding. I run this through my router for my web/ftp server.

 

[Hungster]

I found when i switched to Cisco Router
it solve a lot of problem from using Xyplex and others as well such as Dlink, Linksys and Netopia and so on

Cisco rocks