Port Forward via RRAS

[AND268Y]

Hi,

I have setup a small business server for our office, but am having some problems in getting rras to forward a port to an internal webserver.

We are using RRAS as a NAT and basic firewall device and the server has a dual nic configuration.

I have open RRAS and gone to NAT/Basic Firewall, selected the external facing NIC and opend properties, gone to the services and ports tab and added the required port and internal IP address of the webserver.

Our sbs is sitting behind another router which allows clients to connect to the internet, but keeps them out of our internal network.

http://www----router----SBS---Internal

network

If I connect to the router and type the ip address of the SBS with the required port, all I get is the page cannot be displayed.

The webserver can be access fine from behind the sbs, but not in front.

Is there anything I have missed??

Andy

 

[gavm99]

What ports have you forward to the sbs server? 443 will be required for your secure webpages.

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[PaulGillespie]

Easy fix to this one....... stop the SBS from doing the NAT.

Change IP of router to the same subnet as the server/clients.
Plug the router into your network switch.
Configure your firewall ports for the services you need.
Disable WAN NIC.
run internet connection wizard.

Hey presto...all working!

SBS2003 was recommended (by Microsoft) to use dual NICs. They changed their mind for SBS2008 as it caused support issues for the less technical users. Most IT pros when setting up SBS2003s set the server up with a single NIC(not including redundancy) and uesd a hardware firewall as the gateway. It's simpler, more reliable and safer as you are less likely to make a config error.