Dns

DNS Problem

[Ray]

We have 4 servers on our network. Server1 has DNS Manager
and IIS on it and it is where we run our web site from. We
also have IIS installed on Server4 and we have some other
web sites on it that we want to expose to the outside
world. I tried to add Server4's IP address to the DNS
Manager on Server1 and got the following error message:

The are no more endpoints available from the endpoint
mapper.

Does anyone know what this error means? I'm assuming that
this is what I need to do to expose Server4 as a web
server. Is what I'm doing correct?
.

[IanTurner]

I run IIS in a similar configuration but have never seen this error.

Does server 4 have a real IP address?
Can you ping that IP address from the outside world?

[Ray]

I cannot ping the address of Server 1 or Server 4 from outside because we are running behind a firewall....so the addresses of these machines are 192.168.X.X. However, I can ping the name of the ftp server, it replies with a 216.112.X.X IP address.

[IanTurner]

I assume that the firewall is blocking the ping command.

(help don't know what to do without ping - its my major debug tool)

Okay - can you put a page on the root of server 1 and server 4 and get at them with

http*://123.123.123.121/test.htm
http*://123.123.123.124/test.htm

from inside and outside your firewall

This is taking you direct to the server root via port 80 - if this doesn't work then you are not seeing the server from the outside world.

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Otherwise you can see the server but the DNS is working incorrectly.

[Ray]

Sorry I mixed up two different issues that i have. I've got a couple of issues here. The first is that I want a web page on Server 4 exposed to the outside world. I can get to it internally by typing in the IP address 192.168.X.X...but I cannot get to it from outside. If my DNS Server exists on Server 1, I'm guessing that somehow I need the web page that I want to expose on Server 4 to be included in my DNS on Server 1, is this correct?

The second issue that I have is to build an FTP Server on Server1 and I have everything configured, and I can ping it but I just cannot access it anonymously or otherwise.

[IanTurner]

If my DNS Server exists on Server 1, I'm guessing that somehow I need the web page that I want to expose on Server 4 to be included in my DNS on Server 1, is this correct?

Yes you will need to set up a DNS entry for the domain that is to be exposed on server 4. I think that server 4 will also require an external IP address as it will need to be addressed by remote machines.

With the ftp site, can you access it from a machine on your internal network?