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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:35:39 -0500
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jack@sage-one.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Public IP Address Redirect to 2nd Server
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20020422103539.011fa098@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020421151900.011ff4d0@mail.sage-one.net>

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At 03:19 PM 4.21.2002 -0500, Jack L. Stone wrote:
>I'm running FBSD 4.5-release....
>
>I have just installed a new high-speed connection with a block of IPs
>assigned to that machine. Everything works fine on the main server, which
>is also the gateway running NAT and has a number of virtual hosts and they
>work fine too running Apache13_fp. Frontpage works fine on that server
>where a large amount of content is managed making FP a must.
>
>The PROBLEM is that I need SSL too that serves up the online order pages
>for the other sites on the main server, but after weeks of tries (and
>cries) I just can't get frontpage to run with Apache+ssl (from ports) and
>I'm just not smart enough technically to make it work (and I live down here
>at the end of the road in So. Texas with very little tch help around).
>
>The workaround I thought would be to install Apache-1.24+mod_ssl-2.8.8 on a
>second server and forward URL requests for order pages to it. Perhaps if I
>knew how to just add the mod_ssl, I would have it solved using a single
>server, but no can do.
>
>I have the Apache+ssl running okay on server #2, I have assigned an alias
>to the second IP to redirect to server's internal IP #192.168.0.7 but
>nothing is forwarded to it so far. Below is my setup to forward from the
>second public IP. The first line in RC.CONF is the primary IP and the
>second IP is the alias to second server.
>
>One thing I guessed at was the "netmask" and I read a number of different
>opinions and the docs are confusing. As seen below, I set the netmask to
>the same as the primary IP routed from the ISP. I've tried 255.255.255.255,
>but the output doesn't look right, so I used the setting below leaving the
>netmask for both IPs the same.
>
>REQUEST FOR HELP
>Would appreciate y'all taking a look at the info below and see if it looks
>like I did it right.
>
>RC.CONF
>ifconfig_rl1="inet XX.XX.XXX.137 netmask 255.255.255.248"
>ifconfig_rl1_alias0="inet XX.XX.XXX.138 netmask 255.255.255.248"
>natd_flags="-redirect_address 192.168.0.7 XX.XX.XXX.138"
>
>NETSTAT OUTPUT SHOWS BOTH IPS AS PER ALIAS ABOVE
>netstat -a
>rl1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>        inet XX.XX.XXX.137 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast XX.XX.XXX.143
>        inet XX.XX.XXX.138 netmask 0xfffffff8 broadcast XX.XX.XXX.143
>
>OUTPUT SHOWS NATD BOUND OKAY PER NATD REDIRECT TO THE SECOND SERVER
>ps -auxw | grep natd
>/sbin/natd -redirect_address 192.168.0.7 XX.XX.XXX.138 -n rl1
>
>Thanks for any help....
>
>.... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/
>
>Best regards,
>
>Jack L. Stone
>Server Admin
>
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Was there something wrong with this question that it is totally
ignored.....???? Did I not give enough info...??? .....or....???? I thought
this was the place for such questions.....

.... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/

Best regards,

Jack L. Stone
Server Admin

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