When local domain name and remote site domain are same

[encata]

Hi everybody

I am posting this again

We have a local domain xx.org, our external mails and web site are hosted by another company(remote) registered the same domain name xx.org
the problem is when we try to access

http://xx.org

or

http://mail.xx.org

we receive the error "The page cannot be displayed".
We can access the pages if we specify an ip address( this is a workaround).

Please, your advice


Why you worry? Life is too short to worry.

 

[Davetoo]

You need to add the external IP for the xx.org and mail.xx.org into your DNS pointing to the correct servers.

I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[encata]

lander215

Thanks

Do you mean I have to configure another lookup zone? As there will be a difference in subnetmask.

Why you worry? Life is too short to worry.

 

[Davetoo]

Nope. You're going to have a forward lookup zone named xx.org. In that you'll enter a record for

http://www and

point it to the proper IP, same thing for mail.

I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[encata]

lander215

We use

http://xx.org/up

to access mail and

http://xx.org/menu

to go to control pannel also

http://xx.org

to see the web site

I can't record these in DNS

Why you worry? Life is too short to worry.

 

[Claudek]

In your local domain, add 2 host records called

http://www and

mail in your primary DNS server - most likely in your 1st domain controller.
In the IP address part of the record, for host record "www" put in the IP address for

http://xx.org

and for host record "mail" the IP adderss for mail.xx.org.

Get staff to type in http:\\

http://www.xx.org

now instead of http:\\xx.org




Claudius (What certifications??)

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