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How can I access internal website using public domain name?

Tags: Microsoft, Windows Server 2003
How can I access an internal website using the public domain name, so that we can use the same URL (and shortcut) regardless of if we're in the office or outside the office?

I've got a Windows Domain called:  MYDOMAIN.local   and have DNS running on the AD server (192.168.1.201)  and IIS running on another server (192.168.1.203).

I have external DNS defined as    www.MYCOMPANY.com  pointing to our public IP address 66.x.x.x which is port forwarded to 192.168.1.203.
I have internal DNS  defined as www.MYDOMAIN.local  points to the internal network addess 192.168.1.203.

People outside the office can hit the website by going to http://www.MYCOMPANY.com and it works fine.
People inside the office can hit the website by going to http://www.MYDOMAIN.local and it works fine.


However, if we try using http://www.MYCOMPANY.com when they are INSIDE the office, the address resolves to the external/public IP address and we can't hit it.    This forces us to have two shortcuts, one that works when inside the office and one that works outside the office.

What's the normal way to set things up so that people can hit the website usign the same URL regardless of where they are?

I'm assuming that I need to setup the internal DNS so that www.MYCOMPANY.com points to the internal address 192.168.1.203 instead of gettign resolved outside.

How can I set the internal DNS so that   www.MYCOMPANY.com points to the same addess as www.MYDOMAIN.local ?
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Zone: Networking
Question Asked By: mark_goodall
Solution Provided By: Arkware
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