Hi all, I’m looking for help on the following question: I’m running a web server and mail server on different machines on my LAN and I’ve configured Bind to resolve internally for the clients in the LAN. That time I had only one public IP address. Now a have a second public IP and want the mail server to use its own public IP but having the mail server still accessible internally. Is that possible to have the mail server directly connected to the WAN and to the LAN at the same time? Can I use two network cards? Another question is what are the concerns if putting the public IP on the server? TIA.
Thanks for replying. Your suggestion matches what I’m actually doing now: I’m port-forwarding my public IP to the servers in the LAN. I had problems with my provider complaining that some computer in my LAN was spreading virus and my connection being suspended. This is one of the reasons why I want the mail server to have its own public address, but I want it also accessible in the LAN.
I have a Linksys WRT54G router connected to a cable modem. My router supports only one public IP address. I thought I could put a switch after the modem and have the router and the mail server connected to that switch, each with its public IP. regards, thavaht
