Internal web server needs external IP

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So we have a server here in the office that will soon be used as our website server. We are having a company install an internet sales instance on the server remotely. So, we have a linksys firewall, which is connected to one of our bonded T1 lines, with no other connections except to this web server; all other outbound traffic to the internet is routed through our 2nd bonded T1. Is it possible to set up the firewall, so when you type in the firewalls external IP address, it automatically points to this server? Right now the server has an internal IP address, and the firewall has both an internal and external. Alternatively, how would I assign the server an external IP address? Not only do we need to let this company remotely connect to install the software, but like I said, it's going to be a server that runs our website, so we need an IP address to people can access the website as well.
 
there are several options

1) set up a gateway

2) Set up NAT

3) Configure your router,

4) Domain level network config

NAT may be one of the easier things to do, set up 2 nics, one as external (WAN ip and one as internal ip) then configure NAT to translate between them.

Google it.
 
I did some research but I'm having a hard time finding exactly what I need. NAT seems to be the way to go. But do I set up the win2k3 server as a NAT server? Or do I do one-to-one NAT in the firewall management? The server has 2 nic's btw....
 
Great, thanks. One other thing, I want both nic's plugged into the same firewall? One will be assigned an internal IP the other external?
 
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