Re: [Phpgroupware-users] problem getting phpwebhosting to work properly

[Daniel Díaz]

Hello.


SI Reasoning wrote:
[...]
> I worked with Dave on IRC and made some progress but also ran across some
> issues:
> 
> it requires a specific domain name created in configuration setup.
> This resolved the problem I mentioned here (although there are still many
> problems we have not resolved yet...later in this email...)
> Having to choose a domain name causes us some problems here. If we choose the
> domain name of the local server it works fine on the local lan but refuses
> entry remotely (where we have a firewall/nat setup with port 80 forwarded).
> If we use the internet ip address, then it will not work locally (some
> weirdness when a local computer is sent through the nat, and then back into
> the nat and then forwarded. It doesn't work in many situations, including
> this one.
[...]


I think of a trick to walk over this one: Create an entry in your LAN's DNS
server for your domain name pointing to your intranet's IP address.
So, if you have phpgwserver.mydomain.net, insert an A resource record in a new
mydomain.net zone:
phpgwserver     A       192.168.1.100           ;or whatever IP
                                                ;the server uses


This way, you get to connect from the Internet and from your intranet!

Hope it helps.

Daniel Díaz
yosoy at danieldiaz dot org