Search Again: Re: DNS behind a firewall From: Men & Mice Support Date: Monday, February 14, 2000 Time: 6:57:00 pm At 8:38 AM -0500 2/14/2000, David Rice wrote: >> o You've used your private address in the file, which means that, >> from the outside, nobody will be able to find the right addresses. >> You need to change your DNS to point to your public address. > >So do I enter the address of the router here? >216.95.190.1 Yes. >> >I have several things that I do not understand: >> > >> >Is it possible for this DNS server to be seen by the outside world? And >> >if so what do I have to do to make that happen? I have set the router to >> >pass DNS information to the internal address of the server on port 53. >> >Is this correct? >> >> Yes, your DNS server is visible to the outside world. Your inbound >> mapping appears to be correct. Did you map both TCP and UDP ports to >> the DNS server? >> > >I do not know the port number for UDP and dont even know what it is for. >Should I map it to the same server? By the way, is there a place where >these port numbers can be found? You should map port 53 on both protocols, TCP and UDP, to your DNS server. <ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/port-numbers> ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com Makers of: QuickDNS Pro

Messages In This Thread: DNS behind a firewall by David Rice on Feb 11, 2000 at 5:23:00 pm Re: DNS behind a firewall by Men & Mice Support on Feb 11, 2000 at 7:49:00 pm Re: DNS behind a firewall by David Rice on Feb 14, 2000 at 1:38:00 pm Re: DNS behind a firewall by Men & Mice Support on Feb 14, 2000 at 6:57:00 pm