Hi Guys,

I configure a router which i do a NAT (using the Static ip given by ISP) to a LAN static LAN ip which i assigned to my Windows 2000 Web Server.

Currently my Windows 2000 web Server is accessible from outside of my LAN when i simplily open up the Internet Explorer and key in the WAN ip given by my ISP.

But on my LAN, it is only accessible when i key in the LAN ip which i assigned it. I would want the option for it to be accessible using both WAN or LAN ip on computers within my LAN.

I have rule out the idea of putting it on the DMZ.

Any ideas on why and how can i go about solving this problem...

if i understand the scenario correctly, you have a server behind a router (or firewall) and you want to be able to access the server from either side of the router with either the public or private ip.

to my knowledge, you will never be able to access your server using the internal private ip address from the internet. and in the case of a firewall/router the only way you can access the public external ip address from within your lan is to run through a proxy server.

that is the whole purpose of using NAT for translation between wan/lan ips. one ip is only on one side and the other ip is only on the other interface. the routing tables always push traffic for wan-ip1 out of interface1 and pushes all traffic destined for lan-ip2 out of interface2.

i hope this is close to what you were asking...

Yup thanks, you got the senario right..

he wants to be able to use the external ip internally which i dont believe you can do.