Topic: Where does intranet end and internet begin? how to set up?

[Anonymous]

I am confused as to how everything ties together with regards to having sn SME box available to bot intranet & internet(and other remote access).


Firstly, i have everything setup at a local level to a point that is great.  

Intranet:
-Users can use email/webmail locally.
-www.mydomain.com redirects to http://servername.
-putty works to ssh in.
-dyndns setup so that mydomain.homelinux.com shows http://servername


Internet/remote:
i have registered www.mydomain.com with a registrar, and can now login to modify dns records and setup hosting.

-people seem to be unable to see "mydomain.homelinux.com" or the ip address to go with it (dynamic dns through isp).

-havn't configured mydomain.com dns records.  what dns records do i use?  since its dynamic over isp, i assume this might not be possible since dns would constantly be changing... so then:

-what external email server would i use?


Any help would be appreciated.  I'm a little confused right now,  but so far, SME Server has been absolutely fantastic.


Cheers.

[cydonia]

this was me... forgot to sign in.

btw.  I have SME Server set up as a server/gateway.

-also, from intranet, no emails ever go to any non intranet addresses, ie. hotmail.  What email server should i use?  ISP, or web hosting(through 3rd party host provider) one?


also, are there any how to's that explain the concept overall?  I have checked but couldn't find any...


once i work this out, i might write one myself.

[wyron]

Hi, Cydonia
Have you read the Technicians Handbook located under Documentation on this site.
If not, do so now.
It explains all the basics of the concept.

[cydonia]

wyron.

you mean "6000_tech_handbook_en.pdf"?

I couldn't find much in there... what heading is it under?

I did find some in the admin guidebook though...

I was hoping there would be a for dummies explanaition somewhere:P.  Like i said, once i understand all this, i might write one up...

[cydonia]

anybody who comes accross this in the future... please see:

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=22364.0


specifically, from the fourth post down onwards...