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MovedGoalPosts · 08-07-2010, 12:17

Reading the above it seems there is a lot of confusion as to whether you are using LAN (local 192.168.x.x type) allocated perhaps by DHCP on the router) based IPs or WAN (internet) based IPs.

The DNS for your website, visible from the internet can only point to an internet visible public IP, i.e. one that has been allocated to you by your ISP.

You should be able to set your router's external IP to that fixed ISP addy and then use port forwarding and NAT to point the internet based requests for your website to the internal (LAN 192.168.x.x type) IP of your NAS.

If you are unable to use NAT then you will need to allocate fixed ISP based IPs to all kit on your network, including the route, computers and NAS. You'll still be able to use the firewall in your router for some protection, but would have to open up ports between router and NAS IPs to allow the website access. When you connect to the NAS, and point any web DNS records to is, you would use the ISP based IP that you have allocated direct to the NAS. Your router's DHCP function would probably be off as you've allocated the fixed WAN side IPs to everything.

In both cases your NAS will need to see the router as it's gateway to the internet.

08-07-2010, 12:17	#10
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Redirect Website... Reading the above it seems there is a lot of confusion as to whether you are using LAN (local 192.168.x.x type) allocated perhaps by DHCP on the router) based IPs or WAN (internet) based IPs. The DNS for your website, visible from the internet can only point to an internet visible public IP, i.e. one that has been allocated to you by your ISP. You should be able to set your router's external IP to that fixed ISP addy and then use port forwarding and NAT to point the internet based requests for your website to the internal (LAN 192.168.x.x type) IP of your NAS. If you are unable to use NAT then you will need to allocate fixed ISP based IPs to all kit on your network, including the route, computers and NAS. You'll still be able to use the firewall in your router for some protection, but would have to open up ports between router and NAS IPs to allow the website access. When you connect to the NAS, and point any web DNS records to is, you would use the ISP based IP that you have allocated direct to the NAS. Your router's DHCP function would probably be off as you've allocated the fixed WAN side IPs to everything. In both cases your NAS will need to see the router as it's gateway to the internet.