Date: 13 Dec 2002 07:30:56 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: David Loszewski <stealth215@attbi.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: no internal access to webpage Message-ID: <1039764656.61892.200.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3DF98662.5020108@attbi.com> References: <3DF98662.5020108@attbi.com>
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Hi Dave, The reason you have access to your webserver from external sites is somewhat the reason why you don't have internal access (by name) to your webserver. The gateway passes requests to port 80 it receives from its *external* interface to port 80 on your webserver. From an internal host, attempts to access the website hits your gateway, on its *internal* interface, and is passed to the Internet via the external interface. The translation of the returning request by the external interface back in doesn't work with the current set up of natd. Running a local nameserver that points to the local address of the website would probably work.., ONLY if its shielded from the Internet though. If not, you'd end up with your DNS pointing to a website that's bound to a RFC 1918 (private) address - not good. Hope this helps. Stacey On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 07:04, David Loszewski wrote: > I'm having a problem where I can't access my webpage internally but can > access it externally. I'm running all FreeBSD 4.6.2 and 4.7 machines > and have no internal namerserver of anytype. do I need to create an > internal nameserver for myself to type in my domain name and come up > with my webpage? I have a gateway and the gateway forwards any requests > for port 80 to the webserver. > > Dave > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Stacey Roberts B.Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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