OWA Question/router ports

[wardo]

I have two 2000 servers setup in test environment.
Machine A-Router(SMC)points here port 80 for IIS.DNS using Zoneedit,no problems.

Machine B-Running Exchange 2000,ports 25 and 110 point here.
MX record etc-works fine,send and receive with no issues.

Trying to test Outlook Web Access.
Works fine internally obviously but how can I use from "outside"?
The problem being port 80 is to the webserver.

Maybe I am missing something here and I hope I have explained the issue.

Thanks.

http://www.wardgriffin.com

 

[wardo]

I am told the only way to do this is to link from the website to the Exchange server.
This works but there must be some other way??

http://www.wardgriffin.com

 

[Maruis]

The way you do it is to add your Mail server to your DNS.
I.E. mail.someone.com that relates to your external IP address. Then use the URL "mail.someone.com/exchange"

If you do not do it it would not resolve.

The other way to do it is to use your external ip address:
i.e.
"110.20.10.50/exchange"
The exchange part is default and your IP is your mail server IP. Type the string in IE and it would give you a pop-up to sign in.

Hope this helps

 

[wardo]

Thanks for the reply.

The problem is I only have one external IP.
DNS is set up with mail.wardgriffin,

http://www.wardgriffin

and so on all pointing to the public IP.
Then the router has port 80 to Web Server
25/110 to Exchange Server

Mail works fine but I guess the only way to access the Exchange Server with OWA is to link to it from the web site?

Everything resolves to the web server.

Am I missing something here?

http://www.wardgriffin.com

 

[Maruis]

If you only have 1 external IP and the IP reside on your web server then you should add your OWA as a website on your webserver.

The other way to do it is to use NAT.

Hope this solves your problem

 

[wardo]

Ok so how do I add the OWA as a website on the webserver, or do I have to move Exchange to the webserver box?
My router is doing NAT and I do not see how that can help with 80 going to the webserver.

http://www.wardgriffin.com

 

[wardo]

Still having the same problem,any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

http://www.wardgriffin.com

 

[Maruis]

If you are already using NAT, just add your mail server.
Remember OWA is another website or acts like one. Think how you would put up a web site.

Hope this helps

 

[jasonhand]

To re-install OWA on your web server, you should be able to uninstall it from the exchange server and install it on your web server.

To make sure though, I would call Microsoft and pay the fee. The money is always well spent when I have done it.

-Jason Hand

 

[Guest_imported]

Install just the exchange owa on the web server & it should work. They need to be in the same domain. I haven't done this yet, but I was asking today.