i understand NAT (and the point of using NAT). my only question was about the example provided. i didn't understand to what tristram was referring.
christopher olive, cto, vp of web development cresco technologies, inc 410.931.4092 http://www.crescotech.com -----Original Message----- From: Mark A. Kruger - CFG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 1:51 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: IIS 5 on Win 2K help In my experience NAT is a common practice - and useful for a number of reasons. The way we handle it is we have an internal and external DNS server. When we are "inside" the pix (using the NAT address) we are pointed to the "internal" DNS - which then resolves www.xxx.xxx to 10.x.x.x (non- routable) nat address. Requests for resolution coming from outside the Pix are handled by the "external" DNS and resolved into the true "internet" Ip address. If done correctly, the process is completely transparent - and it gives our nework Admin control over the process. For example - we have backup servers that are "hot". When we do maintenance, it's very simple to change the NAT to point to a backup server, bring down production, do our thing - then bring it up and switch the NAT back to the live server - incoming requests are routed by hardware and the users never know a site or sites were ever down. We have shell scripts in place to handle this very scenario. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Olive [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:42 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: IIS 5 on Win 2K help ? why would you use an ISP like that if you're running a public webserver for multiple clients? and how do they manage to do that anyway? if you're using NAT, you should handle it at the NATting level, not the webserver level. christopher olive, cto, vp of web development cresco technologies, inc 410.931.4092 http://www.crescotech.com -----Original Message----- From: Tristram Charnley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: IIS 5 on Win 2K help If your ISP has given your box an internal IP address different to the external IP address you will need to use hosts. Thats the way I've always done it. Tristram Charnley --------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Olive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:50 PM Subject: RE: IIS 5 on Win 2K help > you don't need to modify "etc/hosts" to handle multiple virtual sites. > IIS will handle everytihng (as long as the DNS for each site is handled > correctly. > > christopher olive, cto, vp of web development > cresco technologies, inc > 410.825.0383 > http://www.crescotech.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tristram Charnley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 10:28 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: IIS 5 on Win 2K help > > > Don't forget to add the relevant entries to the 'hosts' file as well.... > > Tristram Charnley > --------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brendan Avery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 3:21 PM > Subject: RE: IIS 5 on Win 2K help > > > > setting up multiple websites/domains with iis is pretty easy. every > > time > > you create a new website, you'll need to add 'host header' informatio n > > for > > that website for both the xxxx.com and www.xxxx.com . just > right-click > > on > > the website name and choose 'properties'. the default tab of 'web > > site' is > > where you'll be when it pops up. on that page there is a blank for > 'IP > > Address'. next to that is a button called 'Advanced...' click on > > 'Advanced...' and a nother popup comes up; this one has all of the > host > > header names for that site, the ports and the ip address for that > > virtual > > host. click on 'add...' or 'edit...' and you'll get another popup -- > > this > > one lets you set the ip address (if you assign one ip address anywher e > > on > > the site, you should assign them all; you can use the same ip for all > > your > > sites if you want to) the port (set to 80) and the host header name. > > you'll > > want a host header name for whatever.com as well as www.whatever.com > > and that's my terse little tutorial. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Phillip Broussard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 07:10 > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: OT: IIS 5 on Win 2K help > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know of some good resources that could help a > > > beginer with > > > Win 2K and IIS 5? I got stuck as the server admin and have no > > > idea what > > > I am doing. I have to set it up for multipule websites and > > > FTP for each > > > one. I cant seem to find anything online for what I need. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Phillip Broussard > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________ _________________________ ____________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server � PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? 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