Subject: dns, LAN and firewall
From: Chris Davies
Date: 11/9/2007 10:55:17 AM
Antoine Junod <toto@tots-ns.net> wrote:
> I've also a FQDN managed by a machine not on the LAN. One of the
> entry, say lan.mydomain.com is pointing to the external interface of
> my firewall. The firewall redirect port 80 onto a machine of the
> internal network. Access from outside works fine. Access from inside
> don't.
> The DNS query succeed and I'm able to ping from inside
> lan.mydomain.com. But I'm not able to access lan.mydomain.com on port
> 80 from inside.
You're able to ping what, exactly? The address resolved from
lan.mydomain.com? Remember this is your firewall, not the webserver.
> What is the problem and how to resolve it?
It's a NAT/Firewall issue. Either your firewall cannot double-NAT
traffic from its internal interface back onto its internal interface,
or else you've not allowed it to.
Most domestic router/firewall devices cannot perform double-NAT; many
(expensive) business quality devices can.
Chris
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