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Need name to resolve to correct address inside office and outside..

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aceO07

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Lets say I have a webserver that's at 10.0.0.10 that is linked to an external ip (web.mycomputer.com).

How can I make it so that if I'm inside the office, I can use the url web.mycomputer.com to go to 10.0.0.10. Then if I'm outside the office, I want that web.mycomputer.com to go to the external ip.

I know I can change the hosts file, but I would prefer not to have to change it each time my location changes. Also, I can't expect others to do this.

What's a simple way of doing this?
 
On all of your internal computers (if you don't have a DNS server that you can modify) you will have to set the HOSTS file. Externally you could just route the port to 10.0.0.10 and setup a DynDNS account somewhere.
 
Originally posted by: InlineFive
On all of your internal computers (if you don't have a DNS server that you can modify) you will have to set the HOSTS file. Externally you could just route the port to 10.0.0.10 and setup a DynDNS account somewhere.
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I'm all set externally.

Are there any simple, cheap, decent DNS software that I can use just to do that ONE resolution? I assume I can just use that DNS software inside the office, and once anybody is out of the office, that particular DNS server won't be available and they'd revert to using the other DNS servers.
 
Discussion about Windows-based DNS Servers.

You basically chose between the Windows DNS Server, which only runs on Windows Servers, or Bind, which normally runs on Linux Servers, but, apparently, can run on some Windows OSes, also.

Hopefully a Bind-knowledgeable person will chime in....

I guess you've already considered just typing in:
http://10.0.0.10 in your office browser as an alternative way to reach the internal web site? This completely avoid needing DNS to reach the internal web site.
 
Well lets pretend you are talking about a laptop. That laptop is getting its network settings via DHCP. When you are in your office your DNS server resolves you web address to the 10.0.0.10 IP. When you leave your office and are on someone elses network getting your network setting via DHCP also you would be getting there DNS servers which would resolve your web address to the external IP of you web server.

John
 
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