I am currently doing the same thing.
First I would not use your file server as a gateway to the net, set up a
firewall in between the file server and your ISP.
We are letting our ISP house our web page and forward the mail to the mail
server I am setting up (you need 2 IP no. to do it this way.). Have fun!!!!
Stephen Lavelle wrote:
> My company wishes to set up a web-page to announce ourselves to the world.
>
> We are cuurently using a Stock RedHat 5.2 box as a file server (w Samba) and
> using masquerading to allow windows clients to access the web via dial-up to
> our ISP. We are allocated a dynamic ip number each time we connect via
> dial-up. The machines on the network are using the ips in the 192.168.*.*
> series with netmasks of 255.255.255.0
>
> I need some suggestions as to how to set up the web page.i.e would it be
> better to get a permanent connection to my isp and have all the webpages
> stored on the redhat box
> or just get my isp to 'host' the address which we will register with
> internic or aunic.
>
> Any suggestions, links to documentation etc welcome
> Bear in mind that we are looking for the most cost effective solution and i
> am a relatively inexperienced linux user but am learning fast. Please cc me
> with replies
>
> Regards,
> Stephen
>
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