configuring remote web workplace in W2K3 Small Business

I am trying to get the remote web workplace to work with
my server. I am beginning to undersrtand that there are
two requirements for this to work:

1. I must be hosting my public domain name locally using
my server, i.e., I cannot be using a domain name hosting
service like godaddy.com.

2. I must have a static IP.

Is this correct? My problem is that I am having my
website hosted by a commercial service. The other
problem is that we use cable internet for our internet
connection and therefore, we do not have a static IP.

If I am correct with the above assumptions, are there any
work-arounds?

Thanks,
Steve

Steve,

Actually you don't necessarily need to be hosting your public domain name
locally or have to have a static IP address either.. As long as you can
resolve a name to the correct/current Internet IP address of the server.
For example.. if you can resolve www.tailspintoys.com to your server's
Internet IP address then that would work (keep in mind that this is just an
example name).. If you have a dynamic IP address there are services on the
Internet that are available to be able to dynamically register your dynamic
IP address to a name with a DNS server. Your users could then use
https://www.tailspintoys.com/remote where www.tailspintoys.com is the name
you are registering with to the dynamic DNS provider.

You would still need TCP Port 443 open to your server for HTTPS (SSL)
traffic and TCP Port 4125 to be able to connect to the server/XP clients via
Remote Desktop.

Also, fyi the SBS 2003 newsgroup is microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs

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Hope that helps,
David Copeland
Microsoft Small Business Server Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Newsgroups:
SBS v4.x : microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz
SBS 2000: microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000
SBS 2003: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs


"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:b0d201c3ec0f$26dbcef0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am trying to get the remote web workplace to work with
> my server. I am beginning to undersrtand that there are
> two requirements for this to work:
>
> 1. I must be hosting my public domain name locally using
> my server, i.e., I cannot be using a domain name hosting
> service like godaddy.com.
>
> 2. I must have a static IP.
>
> Is this correct? My problem is that I am having my
> website hosted by a commercial service. The other
> problem is that we use cable internet for our internet
> connection and therefore, we do not have a static IP.
>
> If I am correct with the above assumptions, are there any
> work-arounds?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve