Intranet

[cboys00]

my intranet using apache. when i access my intranet i need to type ip like 192.168.1.1. (this is a server ip)

can i change log in by type ip to log in by type address like ali.com to access my intranet.

can help me.... http://forums.fedoraforum.org/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=28#

[marcrblevins]

Please clarify what you are try to do?

[Skunk Worx]

I'm guessing you want to access your intranet web server via a human readable name rather than an ip address.

The question is, from the web or from other machines in your intranet?

If just other machines in the intranet, you can use static IPs and /etc/hosts files, or something more complex (and dynamic) like dhcp and named/bind.

If from the internet, chances are your firewall is already assigned a long and confusing name by your isp. And it changes.

You could use that name and port forwarding to access the intranet web server by name.

Or use a dynamic DNS name, for example from dyndns.org

Another option is registering a domain name and then use a dynamic DNS entry.

Or pay for a static IP address from your ISP.

For internet access, it might be easiest to start by looking at dynamic DNS providers and port forwarding, then move on to other options as needed.

Hope this helps.

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John

[cboys00]

Yes, i want to access my intranet from other machines ( 10 client windows base).

can you show how to do if using dynamic IP like dhcp and named/bind.

At network configuration, eth0 and eth1 are choose dhcp?

[Skunk Worx]

Typically an intranet is designed with the services available already.

Sounds like your intranet was already there, and you added a apache box, so I suppose you just need to enable dhcp for one (or two??) interfaces.

You should really talk to the network installer or sysadmin. Enabling DHCP on an interface usually gets the ip address, host name and bind configured for you.

The menu path System->Administration->Network should let you set the DHCP option for the interface(s).

You might want to run the 'network' startup script rather than 'NetworkManager' (which is the default on Fedora).

Hope this helps.

[A.Serbinski]

The DNS server for, or hosts file of the clients needs to be configured to associate the name you choose with the IP address of the server. Networkmanager does not come into play, nor does the configuration of the machine hosting the apache server (unless the same server also hosts DNS).

Without knowing the layout of your network, it is very difficult to judge what you need to do, however the following guidelines may help;

1) If your network is just a bunch of machines plugged into a cheap broadband router that is also serving as DHCP and DNS, then you need to configure that router to assign a static address to your apache box and you need to configure the hosts files on all your clients to associate the name with the IP address.

2) If you have a server on the network responsible for DHCP and you use your ISP's DNS server or a broadband router as a DNS server, then you need to do the same as in (1) except that instead of reconfiguring the router to assign the static IP, you need to reconfigure the DHCP server.

3) If you have a server on the network responsible for DHCP AND DNS, then you need to configure the DHCP server to assign a static address to the apache box and you need to configure the DNS server to assiciate the name with the IP address OR, you can still make the name--ipaddress association manually in the hosts file.