On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:25:06 +0800 Roland Xinlei Wang asked:
>We have installed a Checkpoint firewall at a client site. Now the client
>has an exchange server (e.g. 192.168.4.4) at its internal network. There is
>a static NAT rule to map it to an external address (e.g. 202.109.107.96).
>Now the client wants to have its internal workstation (e.g. 192.168.5.100)
>to access the exchange server using its external address (202.109.107.96).
>When we ping the external address from the internal workstation, the first
>ping packet was returned without problem. However, there is no more ping
>packet returned after the first success ping packet. We have replicate the
>problem in our testing environment as well.
>
>Can someone help us to explain this behaviour of Checkpoint firewall?
It would be better to educate your client as to internal vs external
so they can leave you alone !
Alternatively create a split DNS on your DNS servers and that will be
the end of it.
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