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by zhoward

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My company is currently running a web server (iis 5.0). The public can access it from the internet and employees can access it from the intranet. We have a firewall which is a cisco pix which also runs NAT. The web server is on the private side of the network but whenever the isp goes down the private side of the network cannot reach the web server. The ip address scheme in NAT seems to be correct( public to private). Thanks.

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by bohicam1

Seems to me that even though this web server is on the local lan, your users are still going out onot the internet to access it, that is why wehn ISP goes down, you can't see it. You can edit the "hosts" file which can be found in winnt\system32\drivers\etc\...use notepad to open it and edit it. In there it will give you instructions on how to properly put in the address..ie...www.webserver.com (spaces)IP Address
Alternatively, if you are using a proxy server, in internet explorer click tools\internet options\connections\lan settings there is a checkbox there to allow you to view local addresses without accessing the net.
Good luck!

Mike

by edwin punzalan

The problem could be best resolved through the DNS server, if you are using one. The computers in your LAN would ask the DNS server for name-to-IP conversion.

Check to see if you are using a DNS server for your network and that it is located within your LAN. If you do, you can add the name and the LOCAL IP address of your webserver. This way, you don't have to configure all your workstations for the host file.

If the IP conversion of the site you are trying is within your network mask,all your LAN workstation, by default, will not use the internet to access the server.

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