add a new computer/subdomain/webbserver

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Eric

Hi!

We have a network inside a firewall with an DNS-server (and web server)
inside the firewall as well. So far so good. I now put up a new computer
inside the firewall and I want that to act like an extra web server but
with another sub domain such as test.domain.com. Is there anyway to
configure the DNS-server so that I can reach test.domain.com from the
outside (ie anywhere from the Internet)? I can do it if I set up ports in
the firewall but then I get an address like: www.domain.com:8080 and that's
not what I want.

Any ideas?

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Eric said:
Hi!

We have a network inside a firewall with an DNS-server
(and web server) inside the firewall as well. So far so
good. I now put up a new computer inside the firewall
and I want that to act like an extra web server but with
another sub domain such as test.domain.com. Is there
anyway to configure the DNS-server so that I can reach
test.domain.com from the outside (ie anywhere from the
Internet)? I can do it if I set up ports in the firewall
but then I get an address like: www.domain.com:8080 and
that's not what I want.

Any ideas?
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DNS is not good for load balancing and it won't give a port number anyway.
Do you have only one public IP address to work from?
 
Do you have only one public IP address to work from?

No we have plenty, so you are hinting that...?

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Eric said:
No we have plenty, so you are hinting that...?

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Then why would you need to run the web site on a port other than 80?
Just make multiple www records pointing to the different IP addresses and
map port 80 on each of these IP addresses to the machines with the website.
This is a weak form of load balancing, though.
 
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