Network Design Question
I'm going to use my Panther Server as a router. The en0 interface will connect to our T1 router while the en1 interface will connect to our switch. I have NAT and DHCP setup to provide IP's and net access to the clients connected to the switch.
The problem is that I have a web server and an email server using static IPs and subdomains provided by my ISP. Should I put a switch between the T1 router and the Panther/web/email servers then connect my existing switch to the Panther server for internal clients. Or, should I put the servers and all clients behind the Panther server and use port forwarding to push all port 80 requests to the web servers private IP and port 25/110 requests to the mail servers private IP?
The problem is that I have a web server and an email server using static IPs and subdomains provided by my ISP. Should I put a switch between the T1 router and the Panther/web/email servers then connect my existing switch to the Panther server for internal clients. Or, should I put the servers and all clients behind the Panther server and use port forwarding to push all port 80 requests to the web servers private IP and port 25/110 requests to the mail servers private IP?