Re: Simple internal IP address resolution for mail

[Neil Palmer <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

Thanks - I'll look into that, but the local users aren't going through any 
router - there are on one local subnet with a simple switch, the only router is 
on the line out to the ISP - and is owned by the ISP.  But I think what you're 
saying is they may be able to get the ISP to program the router so it redirects 
traffic bound for the external IP address back to the internal LAN addresses.  
There are no networking people on site.
 
Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Ken Sims <mdrg5003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:49:28 PM
Subject: Re: Simple internal IP address resolution for mail


Hi Neil -

> - when in the office (as there is no internal DNS server) this resolves to 
> the external IP address, and can not connect

If your networking people have half a brain, they should be able to fix the 
problem at this point so that the router NATs the external IP address to 
the internal IP address transparent to the client.

Ken