DNS and IP addressing--NEWBIE HELP!

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Hey guys,

I am a big time newbie when it comes to this, but I am on Windows 2000 server and I am trying to set up DNS to run a website and email. And here is my setup.

I have a static IP address from my ISP, and then it goes to my router, which then I use NAT to provide internal provide addressing with port forwarding. See example below:

208.133.201.252 --> Router --> 192.168.1.7 (Win2k server with web and email)

My question is, on the server when i go into DNS and I am creating FWD & Reverse lookups, do I use my "real" static addresses or am I going to use my internal addresses? I am thinking I would need to use my real one, especially when creating a PTR record but I am just really lost on which IPs to use where.

Can anyone provide me with some guidance?? :-)

Thanks!
Michael
 
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Michael Bing said:
Hey guys,

I am a big time newbie when it comes to this, but I am on Windows
2000 server and I am trying to set up DNS to run a website and email.
And here is my setup.

I have a static IP address from my ISP, and then it goes to my
router, which then I use NAT to provide internal provide addressing
with port forwarding. See example below:

208.133.201.252 --> Router --> 192.168.1.7 (Win2k server with web and
email)

My question is, on the server when i go into DNS and I am creating
FWD & Reverse lookups, do I use my "real" static addresses or am I
going to use my internal addresses? I am thinking I would need to
use my real one, especially when creating a PTR record but I am just
really lost on which IPs to use where.

Can anyone provide me with some guidance?? :-)

Thanks!
Michael
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Actually, since the server is internal, this means you, as well as Internet
users need to get to it. So for the Internet users, you need a separate
physical server with the public IPs. For the internal users (you), you'll
need a separate physical server using your private IPs for you to get to the
resources.

For the PTRs, you can create a reverse internally on your internal server.
For the external IPs, since the ISP owns the IP addresses, and if you want
your server name associated with your IP, then you will to ask them to
either create the necessary entries or ask them to delegate the reverse
subnet to you.

Make sure in the forward lookup zones that you create on the one you chose
to use for the "external" server that you only use all private IPs,
including in the nameserver tab, otherwise issues will arise.

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