Can not access website from internal network

[jamespaiva]

I'm new to linux and have a problem with my suse 11 server/router.

I've configured suse to be a router on a box that has two nic cards. eth0 is connected to a switch and eth1 is connected to a dsl modem. On the network i'm running a windows 2003 webserver. From outside the network i can reach the webserver and get my pages to display. BUT...if i try and got to the webpages from a pc on the internal network i get "Failed to connect".

Any help is much appreciated.

[vodoo]

Does it work when you connect directly to the IP number of your webserver within the LAN? Something like

http://192.168.10.10/

(take the actual IP you have selected).

Your setup seems to be a security risk. You give the outside world direct access to a box within your LAN. Instead, the webserver should be within a dedicated DMZ.

[framp]

Originally Posted by jamespaiva

I'm new to linux and have a problem with my suse 11 server/router.

I've configured suse to be a router on a box that has two nic cards. eth0 is connected to a switch and eth1 is connected to a dsl modem...

Pls make sure you also configure your SuSEFirewall2 carefully. In addition it much safer to setup a DMZ for this as vodoo suggested already.

You most probably try to access your website from the internal net with the external DNS name. Pls try to use the external IP address in addition to the internal IP address as vodoo suggested.