Finding the right router for the job.

[Gupone]

Ok, I am a bit dence today so let ask for everyones help.

Here is what I am wanting to do. I have 1(one) Windows 2000 advance server OS, Server(Box) set up. I am running IIS 5.0 I have set up 3 different web sites on it. with 3 different domain names. I have set up my DNS addresses with my domain register company who is letting me use their DNS severs to translate my Domain names into the Static IP addresses I will set up on my 1 server for each website. I need a router, switch or any type of hardware that will direct the static IP that are associated with my domain names to the specific website I have set up in IIS 5.0

Right now I am using the wireless Linksys Router that I will still use for my internal network and wireless systems. I have it set up with one of my 5 static IPs that I got from my ISP and have each one of my networked systems set up with a individual LAN IP address. If I wanted to put the server on this same network with the Linksys, I would have to give the server a LAN IP address and open the verious ports for that IP address. So when someone on the outside typed in

http://www.mysite.com

it would be directed to my static IP I put in the router settings and then the router would route it to my server LAN IP address I opened the port 80 on.

The problem is that this will only work for one website and not multiple. I want my server to be a stand alone server, and not on my local network. I just want to use it to host websites. I am needing something that would route the static IPs when some one types in

http://www.mysite.com,

http://www.yoursite.com,

http://www.hissite.com

or

http://www.hersite.com

I have the 5 IPs and would like to use them. I know I can use 1 Static IP under IIS 5.0 and set up virtual sites, but since I have the other IPs, why not use them...

This is the long and short of it.

Thanks again,

Gup

 

[Steve Bowman]

You could use a hardware solution to create the static maps for the External->Internal. Or you can set them all using one internal address mapped to one external through your present system. Open IIS MMC property pages for each web site on the web site tab select the advanced button next to the IP Address. From there you can edit the IP Property and add your

http://www.mydomani1.com

as a header value then IIS will internally direct packets to the right web for you thus needing 1 external address mapped to 1 internal address for 3 or more webs. Steve Bowman
steve.bowman@ultraex.com