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Need to resove address for website hosted internally.

We host a website which we can get to using the server name or internal IP of the server from within the network. On the outside we can get to it using extranet.domainname.com. What needs to be configured so that I can use the same extranet.domainname.com from the inside?

Please note that we do not have a static IP but rather use a Dynamic DNS service to access our network from the outside. Does this affect the situation?

Thanks in advance.

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daarchive

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Both solutions are great. Due to a few limitations I am going with the host file, but if I use .com at the end of the extranet.domainname.com (in the host file) it fowards me to the router of the office. If I remove the .com it works perfect. Any ideas?

daarchive

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Ok. So I think the problem is the motorola router we are using. Even if using the extranet.domainname.com i get the router rather than the website waiting at port 80. Any suggestions on getting around this? This is only a problem internally.

willettmeister

can you change the http port for the router? I assume it is the admin page that you are getting? Change it to like 8080 or something

daarchive

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Yes. It is the admin page. I am looking through this router and it looks like the change can only be made for remote admin. Are you familiar with Motorola routers?

willettmeister

no what model router is it I will look up the manual and try to help you