Why is my server not working? What am I doing wrong? settings are posted.

Ok, I'm so overwhelmed, but not willing to give up! I would like to set up this server in my home through our Comcast Cabel modem on a mac mini. Our IP has not changed in 2 years with comcast. If I get this working, I plan to move this server, and go live in our company office, which DOES have a static IP address. But I need to set this up and start testing all the solutions like VPN, iCAL, ICHAT, and Address Book.

VPN has been my main service to set up first and test! IF I can get that to work, I hope to get the others to work as well. It's also the first mission critical. I think my DNS settings are somehow off either at Network Solutions or something on my server...



I've been using "help" from various responses to other problemshere in these discussions and other places, and now, I'm just overwhelmed and confused, so it's now my turn to post the problem and ask for help!

I'll post this with REAL IP information, because I think it will help other people in the same situation. Also, once I get this to work, I plan to move it a new location, and then request a change of my home IP from comcast....

I welcome and REALLY appreciate any help. I'm at wits end... normally, I can figure these kinds of tech puzzles, but I could use guidance here!

Thanks!
Ethan-


I bought and installed OS X server 10.6. on a brand new Mac Mini.

Here is the story. The domain I bought and own is bostonbecker.com
Network Solutions is where I bought and manage the domain. It allows me to change the DNS from theirs to another one, so I have it pointing to a hosting company we use called PaeTec. I can't find a place that lets it point the domain to my home router IP address.

so inside Network Solutions, the domain name servers are
HDNS1.FAST.NET
HDNS2.FAST.NET

The above domain name servers are given to me from dedicated hosting company to point to their computers.

To control that dedicated server from the hosting company, we login to that system via PLESK via Safari.

So, using Plesk, I've logged into our dedicated server, opened the settings for bostonbecker.com and created the following under the control for DNS settings:



In the picture above, the ip address 24.60.63.216 is my home comcast assigned IP address that never seems to change. the IP address 209.92.71.43, is something else, I don't really know, I think ti's from my dedicated server company. that record was there by default when I first set up bostonbecker.com with PLESK. I left it there.. I also left hdns1.fast.net as the value for bostonbecker.com because I did not know what to do with it.

Ok... Now lets come to my new server inside my house with Mac OS X server
Here are my settings:

Below are some basic checks I did in Terminal:

Here is the VPN settings panel:

Below is the L2PT settings

Below is the PTPP Setings:

Below is the iChat server settings:

Below is the router settings I'll change my IP address for security once I get this to work!

Below is a snap shot of the port forwarding on the D-link gaming router: