Accessing Lotus Notes Servers via the Internet

[gazdaz]

This will allow multiple users to access one or more Lotus Notes servers simultaneously with no need for multiple modems on the server.

Steps
Port 1352 on the firewall\router needs to be configured to allow traffic to pass through it. This is the port through which Lotus Notes communicates.
You will need to enable the TCPIP Port on each Lotus Notes server that you wish to have accessible from the Internet.
Configure each Notes clients through their Personal Address Book. Create a new location called INET. Then create a connection document for each server that you are going to allow the user to access. In these documents, ensure that the connection type is Local Area Network, since to Lotus Notes the Internet is just one big WAN. The Port should be set to TCPIP.
In the Server Connection Document enter the corresponding Lotus Notes server name in the Server Name field. Under Advanced in the Only From Location setting you need to select only the INET location. The last setting is then the destination server address. If you are using Network Address Translation this will be the external IP address of the Lotus Notes server.

To access the remote Notes server you can use the computer to access a local ISP. Then open the Lotus Notes client, switch to the INET location and access any of the Lotus Notes servers as though you were dialed into the company LAN.

Details
Details

Open Personal Address Book
Click Advanced - Locations
Click Add New
Location Type: Local Area Network
Name: INET
Server - home: SERVERNAME/DOMAIN Ports: TCP/IP
Mail - Type: Notes
- Location: On Server
- Mail File: mail\name.nsf
- Domain: EPIE
Save and Close
Click Advanced - Connection
Click Edit (the default one on the top)
Connection: LAN
Server: SERVERNAME/DOMAIN
Port: TCP/IP
advanced section
Use only location: select INET from list
Server Address: public IP address

 

[peterve]

are you sure that TCP 1352 traffic is safe ?
I have not failed, I just found 10000 ways that don't work

Peter Van Eeckhoutte
peter.ve@pandora.be

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[KayDee]

Maybe you should invest in a new machine as an access server on your DMZ?

Buy or create a certificate for SSL. Merge the certificate in the access server. Configure your server for SSL access only.

Set up replication between you access server on the DMZ and your Domino environment behind the firewall (port 1352 with port encryption turned on). Replicate names.nsf (push) to the access server. Create a group of users allowed (acl) to logon to the access server and redirected to your Domino environment.

Access the access server using a web-client (IE) from the internet through SSL (port 443, default).