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gino x
02-08-2004, 9:56 PM
Situation:

I would like to run 2 websites off 2 different computers in my network.

I've registered a free subdomain name from www.dyndns.org . Now, I'd like to use port 80 for both servers. I want to try something like this:

For server 1, server1.nexon.ath.cx, where nexon.ath.cx is the name I've registered.

For server2, same thing: server2.nexon.ath.cx

Problem:

How can I do this? I want to have only one port open for this.

I will be using IIS 5.0 in Win2000 Pro.

If y'all need anymore info, please ask.
gino x
02-08-2004, 9:57 PM
Oh BTW, I'm using Pacbell as an ISP just in case. They dont seem to block any ports either...

TIA :)
a Bill
02-09-2004, 12:56 PM
Just do it. You need two IPs but that's it. DNS points to the box. You could also put both websites on the same box. I think the most websites I've seen on one server was around 150, that was on a Sun e250 with one NIC. They weren't busy sites but they were all on there none the less.
gino x
02-09-2004, 8:33 PM
2 IPs. Then my problem would simply be that I haven't the resources to get another IP :(

I don't find DNS much of a problem, thanks to the reliable ones provided free of charge out there on the Net :)
Mntsnow
02-09-2004, 9:33 PM
Gino....Run both sites off the same box....If you really really want to run two different servers for two different sites using only a single IP then you will need to use a proxy of sorts to sort out what traffic goes to which box....An application that can do this is called "wingate" or "winproxy" or something like that.....
Siliconjunkie
02-09-2004, 10:03 PM
Or use host headers to share an IP. Common for shared hosting enviroments.

I would have to go look at an IIS box, but search help for it and you will find it.

My bad, didnt read it all.

Use www.zoneedit.com and you can have www.domain.com redirect to www.domain.com:81 or whatever. Not very professional looking but gets the job done.

I would just stick with one server.
gino x
02-09-2004, 11:22 PM
I think I should consider consolidation as some have suggested - not really worth the extra steps - I don't believe that PHP uses much CPU cycles, unlike CGI :)