So then your DNS solution makes Gallery work correctly? That's what I'm after really. I was more curious as to why it doesn't work I suppose. I just have to add a zone to my DNS (for the hostname) then point it to the private IP of the box. I'm going to play with then what I get home from work this evening and see if I can get it working correctly....I'm going to have to dive back into my BIND manual as I can't remember how that all works, it's been some time since I set the DNS up. Thanks for you help Mike!
Mike Knisely wrote: > > I'm in the same boat. My internal www server (running geeklog with a > gallery plugin) was acting the same way. That's why I liked the > internal DNS solution. You use the same URL and it just works. Why try > to break a firewall when you just need DNS to point you to the real > server IP? > > If you are being sent outside, your connection is being NATed as it > heads from the Green to the Red. It is then again sent through the NAT > process as it moves from the Red to the Orange (assuming the www server > is in a DMZ, but still a NAT if you're getting tossed back to Green). > > If you've got the DNS server, why not just use it? I'd not suggest > hacking at the hosts file on the machines or even in Endian. There's > just no need, and if you ever change the IP of your www box, you have to > edit each hosts entry instead of changing just one DNS A record. > > Michael J. Knisely > > -----Original Message----- > From: danodemano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:14 PM > To: efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Efw-user] Can't access local http server using public > URL/IP. > > > I had actually thought about that to be honest. I run a separate DNS > server > that also happens to sit on the same box as the web server. This > wouldn't > be hard to do at all, but I thought that maybe there was a simpler way > to do > it. I could also hack the hosts file as the machines that need access > are > Windows machines. > > I will have to try this to see if it actually works. The problem that I > am > having is that the web server hosts my photo gallery using Gallery, the > open > source free PHP image gallery. Since it's specified the web address of > the > server, it works just fine from outside but internally if I just go to > the > IP none of the pictures are displayed. > > Thanks for the response though, I appreciate it. I'm going to do a bit > more > testing a digging in maybe in the mean time somebody will be able to > offer > up a different solution. Thanks! :) > > Mike Knisely wrote: >> >> The way I have dealt w/ this is to use an internal DNS server to > redirect >> my requests so they are not going out to come back in. >> >> If your Endian box is your DNS server, it is quite easy to do. Just > go to >> the Network tab and add a hosts entry for your machine. This way, > when >> you try to get to whatever the domain is, you will be given the > private IP >> when on your LAN. >> >> I realize that this is not an answer to your question... It's just > how >> I've solved this problem in the past. >> >> Michael J. Knisely >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: danodemano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Sun 11/16/2008 13:43 >> To: efw-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> Subject: [Efw-user] Can't access local http server using public > URL/IP. >> >> >> >> >> I'm not sure how to describe this but here we go. I run a web server > that >> sits behind my Endian firewall. The web server is on a private IP so > all >> port 80 traffic is forwarded from the WAN into it's private IP on the > LAN. >> I am able to access this server using it's private IP and from > anywhere >> outside my network using the public URL/IP of the Endian box. I am > not, >> however, able to get to it from withing the network when I use the > public >> URL/IP. The request simply times out. Is there a rule that I need to >> add/change to be able to allow this? I have a rule currently that > allows >> the GREEN interface access to everything on the RED but this doesn't > seem >> to >> get it. I apologize if this has already been asked....but I was > unable to >> find anything relating to this. I should probably note that I am > running >> 2.2RC3. 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