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"Edward" <hsmmsc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your advise Richard.
>
> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
> news:%23u3PGmJqFHA.2960@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Sorry, I don't know much about mail servers and configuration but I'd
>> suggest that you consider routing and forwarding the incoming mail - the
>> router gets it at public address xx.yy.zz.aa and forwards it to the mail
>> server inside the firewall, ditto outgoing mail gets routed from the
>> internal mail server to the external public address.
>>
>> You should probably also consider the possibility that if that server has
>> been sitting and facing the public for any length of time, it may not be
>> 'your' server any longer. Someone may have hacked it and I'd be very
>> worried about that possibility especially with a DC.
>>
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>> "Edward" <hsmmsc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ur2znVJqFHA.2364@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks Richard.
>>>
>>> I am trying to explore how best to deploy my network because I try to
>>> limit the number of machines that I need to power on 24/7. My ISP
>>> forward all my e-mail to a fixed public IP and I want also to have
>>> webmail running for MS exchange. Hence, I am trying to explore the
>>> options possible.
>>>
>>> Any suggestion welcome.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Ed
>>>
>>>
>>> "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message
>>> news:eAezjKJqFHA.1028@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>> The first question that pops into my mind is ... WHY do you have a
>>>> domain controller exposed to the public? That is an incredibly risky
>>>> configuration.
>>>>
>>>> But anyway, yes, you will need to have the DC in the same address
>>>> segment as the rest of the network for clients to be able to log onto
>>>> it. Depending on the firewall/router hardware you might be able to
>>>> route traffic through it to the DC and back but if you do then what's
>>>> the point of having it?
>>>>
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>>>> "Edward" <hsmmsc@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:us4WACJqFHA.3204@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I have a Domain Controller with a public IP address and a PC behind a
>>>>> firewall router with a private IP address.
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I log on to the Domain Controller from behind the firewall
>>>>> router?
>>>>>
>>>>> Must I take the Domain Controller behind the firewall and give it a
>>>>> private
>>>>> IP before the rest of the network behind the firewall can use the
>>>>> domain
>>>>> controller.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>
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