From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 20 19:50:22 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 158D7CF3 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:50:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from moku60.aloha50.net (moku60.aloha50.net [66.180.132.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC43614BD for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:50:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by moku60.aloha50.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B261717010; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:50:14 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <52B49F76.3010002@hdk5.net> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:50:14 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve O'Hara-Smith Subject: Re: connecting servers on lan to internet References: <52AF88D5.4050908@hdk5.net> <20131217064310.e423fca3e72e348a9b9f047e@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20131217064310.e423fca3e72e348a9b9f047e@sohara.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:50:22 -0000 Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:12:21 -1000 > Al Plant wrote: > >> If I NAT the two servers to the lan and direct the DNS to the single >> line IP will that work? > > Frank has given good advice on how to do it. It will work fine > *provided* your ISP is giving you a public IP address not a private one > behind their own NAT and they are not blocking incoming traffic to the > ports you use (25, 80 and perhaps 443). Also if the IP is public but > dynamic (like mine) then you will need a dynamic DNS entry somewhere. > > I do much the same thing here, I had to request an opening for > incoming port 25 from my ISP since they block it by default. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aloha, Thanks Steve and Frank for checking my concept. I will be working with the ISP on testing the open ports before I start moving anything over. Thanks for the suggestions. Happy Holidays. Al ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol