www.domain.com and xxx.domain.com with ADSL?

Trying to configure Domains.

[Vleis]

I am running a small website from ym PC at home, which is on an ADSL line. The PC is running Win2K Pro, and uses Widows Internet Connection Sharing to enable another another PC on my LAN to connect to the internet.

The PC connected to the DSL modem is 192.168.0.1 on the network, while the other PC is 192.168.0.5

The domain name for the site that I have is www.mydomain.com. The site runs on Apache. Now, finally. The question:

The PC runs both a webserver and a mail server. I would like to move the mail server to the 192.168.0.5 PC. However, I would not be able to connect to this, because ... well.. for loads of reasons, I believe.

Is there a way that I can make requests to mail.domain.com goto the second PC? Is these some sort of config, or else an application that I can run that can do this, because when the mail server gets busy, the website slows to a grinding halt.

Hope there's an easy answer. I'm now to this!

Regards,

Craig

[edited by: DaveAtIFG at 5:41 pm (utc) on July 22, 2002]

[richlowe]

It's done with DNS. In the DNS record for your site, you set an A record for your web site to one IP address and another A record for your email srever. Then you create an MX record for the email server A record.

YOURWEBSITE.COM IN A 192.168.0.1
WWW.YOURWEBSITE.COM IN A 192.168.0.1
MAIL.YOURWEBSITE.COM IN A 192.168.0.5
YOURWEBSITE.COM MX 10 MAIL.YOURWEBSITE.COM.

You can use granitecanyon.com to set up the DNS, then set the granitecanyon.com dns servers (also known as name servers) up in you registrar record. Or you could ask you ISP to do it (or do what I do, and run your own DNS server, which is very convenient and possible since you have a static IP address).

Hopefully that's clear!

By the way, since your PCs are on DSL do you have a firewall installed? If not, it would be a good idea to get one ASAP.

RIchard LOwe

[Vleis]

Hiya!

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunatly, I don't have a static IP address at the moment. It's dynamic, and I use software to update my IP with a company that offers dynamic IP address updates. Microtech is the name of the company that does it for me.

So, without a static IP, does this mean I am unable to run my own DNS server, as that would have been good to do (Learning, and making the mail server work properly).

Thanks,

Craig