Newb Question - Sharing website and webmail with port 80

[djbeenie]

Hello, I am using IPCop as firewall. Of course it is forwarding port 80 to my exchange server. Now I have my website I want to host myself (different server). I know you can't forward port 80 again. What should I do now? I am totaly new to hosting my own website. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Regards,
Bryan

dj beenie

http://www.eternal-rhythms.com

 

[Saugilsr]

The simplist way would be to host your website on another port. Like 8080. So when you access you site you type in:

http://somesite.com:8080

and set up the port forwarding on the router approprietly.
If you using IIS you can set up the port of any website fairly easily by going to its properties.

 

[djbeenie]

Yeah that is the way it is setup right now. Is there any other way to have them both point to port 80. Once I point my domain name to my IP, I want my website to come up. But then I want

http://mysite.com/exchange

to also comeup. Would this be difficult to do?

Regards,
Bryan

dj beenie

http://www.eternal-rhythms.com

 

[Saugilsr]

Oh ok.
You want a virtual Directory in IIS.
On your web server setup your website and let the router point to it. And make sure everything is cool.
Then go into IIS and right click on your website and say New Virtual Directory. Call it "exchange" and then point it to the root folder of the exchange website is housed. You may just need to copy all the settings from the current setup you have.
I believe this what your looking for. 'Exchange' will be a subdirectory of your main site. Some tweaking may be involved.

 

[djbeenie]

AHHH thank you so much!!! That was the answer i was looking for. = ) MUCHO GRACIAS

Regards,
Bryan

dj beenie

http://www.eternal-rhythms.com