server question

[Wade Smart]

Anna EdwARds wrote:
>  > Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:25:32 -0500

>  > > > Anna EdwARds wrote:
>  > > > > I am planning to replace my low-on-features microsoft office small
>  > > business web-site with a much more feature ridden setup that I have 
> come
>  > > up with. It will have a setup like the following.
>  > > > > it will have a computer with 2 e-cards, one connected to comcast,
>  > > one connected to the LAN. It needs to act as a router, forewarding the
>  > > web server requests to annas-web-server and the emails to anything to
>  > > annas-email-server. For the rest of the packets, I need them sent to
>  > > were they are meant for. I want any inter-lan data to be forwarded to
>  > > were it was origionally intended for. I also need a web server and 
> email
>  > > server and a mailing list server. I am not able to specify very 
> much. Sorry.
>  > > >
>  > > > That's a big wish list. Are you planning on having one server do all
>  > > > this? I am not sure I see the need for that server to also do the
>  > > > routing as well, any decent Linksys/Belkin, etc router will work just
>  > > > fine for this setup. Unless of course the traffic requirements are
>  > > > higher than normal. Most routers handle LAN traffic quite easily.
>  > > >
>  > > > Can you clarify, in some detail, what you really want?
>  > > >
>  > > > How many servers? What will each server do? Your post mentions these
>  > > > things, but not in a good enough context to help us figure out 
> what you
>  > > > need.
>  > > >
>  > > > Mark Haney
>  > > > Sr. Systems Administrator
>  > > > ERC Broadband
>  > > > (828) 350-2415
>  > > >
>  > > > Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support

>  > 20081016 1622 GMT-6
>  >
>  > Anna, you are a bit confusing but let me restate what I think you are
>  > asking.
>  >
>  > You currently have a setup that no longer works for you.
>  > You are getting a PC with 2 ethernet cards to act as a router.
>  > You will have two other pcs: a web host machine and a email server 
> machine.
>  > You want to know how to configure the pc router to direct the right
>  > information to the right machine.
>  >
>  > Is this correct?
>  >
>  > Wade
>  >
> 
> Not quite. I want to have this as a new setup.
> 
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20081021 1538 GMT-6

Anna, it may not be that you are on your cell but you also arent making 
any sense.

What doesnt make sense to you about what I just said?
That you current setup no longer works?
That you are getting new hardware with duel nics?
That your new pc you want to be a router?

I just restated what you have already said.

What "not quite" isnt right?

Wade