Remote-access Guide

configuring routing and remote access in windows server 2008

by Edison Gleason Published 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago
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  • Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Routing and Remote Access.
  • In the left pane of the console, click the server that matches the local server name. ...
  • Right-click the server, and then click Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access to start the Routing and Remote Access Server Setup Wizard. Click Next.
  • Click Remote access (dial-up or VPN) to permit remote computers to dial in or connect to this network through the Internet. Click Next.
  • Click VPN for virtual private access, or click Dial-up for dial-up access, depending on the role you want to assign to this server.
  • On the VPN Connection page, click the network interface that is connected to the Internet, and then click Next.
  • On the IP Address Assignment page, do one of the following: If a DHCP server will be used to assign addresses to remote clients, click Automatically, and then click Next. ...
  • Accept the default setting of No, use Routing and Remote Access to authenticate connection requests, and then click Next.
  • Click Finish to enable the Routing and Remote Access service and to configure the remote access server. ...

Full Answer

How do I enable remote access on Windows Server 2008 R2?

To enable Remote Access, open the Routing and Remote Access console from the Administrative Tools menu, right-click the computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 that you want to host this role, and then click Configure And Enable Routing And Remote Access. Performing this action starts the Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard.

How to set up a routing and remote access server?

1 Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Routing and Remote Access. 2 In the left pane of the console, click the server that matches the local server name. ... 3 Right-click the server, and then click Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access to start the Routing and Remote Access Server Setup Wizard. ... More items...

How do I configure static routing in Windows Server 2008?

You can configure static routing in Windows 2008 Server using either the route command or using the GUI. However, if you use the Windows GUI interface, those routes will not be listed in the CLI interface, when you type route print.

How do I create a remote access policy in Windows 10?

Create a group that contains members who are permitted to create VPN connections. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Routing and Remote Access. In the console tree, expand Routing and Remote Access, expand the server name, and then click Remote Access Policies.

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How to enable remote access to a server?

To enable Remote Access, open the Routing and Remote Access console from the Administrative Tools menu, right-click the computer running Windows Server 2008 R2 that you want to host this role, and then click Configure And Enable Routing And Remote Access. Performing this action starts the Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard. The configuration page of this wizard, shown in Figure 9-1, allows you to select the combination of services that this particular server will provide. The Remote Access (Dial-Up Or VPN) option is selected when you want to provide either remote access option or both options to clients outside your organization.

What is VPN in Windows Server 2008 R2?

Windows Server 2008 R2 supports four different VPN protocols: Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol over IPsec (L2TP/IPsec), Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP), and IKEv2. The factors that will influence the protocol you choose to deploy in your own network environment include client operating system, certificate infrastructure, and how your organization’s firewall is deployed.

How to configure NPS data?

You can configure which NPS accounting data is sent to the computer running SQL Server by selecting options in the SQL Server Logging properties dialog box shown in Figure 9-9. Clicking Configure in this dialog box allows you to specify the properties of the data link to the computer running SQL Server. When configuring the data link properties for the SQL Server connection, you must provide the server name, the method of authentication that will be used with the computer running SQL Server, and the database on the computer running SQL Server that you will use to store the accounting data. Just as it is a good idea to have a separate partition on a computer to store NPS accounting data, it is a good idea to have a separate database that stores NPS accounting data.

What is EAP TLS?

Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Level Security (EAP-TLS) This is the protocol that you deploy when your VPN clients are able to authenticate using smart cards or digital certificates. EAP-TLS is not supported on stand-alone servers and can be implemented only when the server hosting the RAS role service is a member of an AD DS domain.

What is VPN authentication?

VPN Authentication. A VPN is an extension of a private network that encompasses encapsulated, encrypted, and authenticated links across shared or public networks. A client connects to a public network, such as the Internet, and initiates a VPN connection to a remote server.

How to configure a RADIUS client?

To configure a RADIUS client using NPS, open the Network Policy Server console from the Administrative Tools menu. Right-click RADIUS Clients and then click New RADIUS Client. This will open the dialog box shown in Figure 9-6.

When to use NPS as a proxy?

You should deploy NPS as a RADIUS proxy when you need to provide authentication and authorization for accounts from other AD DS forests. The NPS RADIUS proxy uses the realm name (which identifies the location of the user account) portion of a user name to forward the request to a RADIUS server in the target forest. This allows connection attempts for user accounts in one forest to be authenticated for the network access server in another forest. Using a RADIUS proxy for inter-forest authentication is not necessary when both forests are running at the Windows Server 2003 functional level or higher and a forest trust exists.

Question

Hi, I have a Windows 2008 R2 server running Routing and Remote access and users are using PPTP VPN's to connect to our network. I have been asked to find logs for the following for connections in to our server

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I can’t sure which article you have read, but fur the 2008R2 the RAS to enable the log and the debug log in the KB is descried like this, I recommend you to try the KB mentioned method.

How to enable remote access to a server?

Right-click the server, and then click Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Accessto start the Routing and Remote Access Server Setup Wizard. Click Next.

How to reconfigure a server?

To reconfigure the server, you must first disable Routing and Remote Access. You may right-click the server, and then click Disable Routing and Remote Access. Click Yes when it is prompted with an informational message.

How to create a group VPN?

Create a group that contains members who are permitted to create VPN connections. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Routing and Remote Access. In the console tree, expand Routing and Remote Access, expand the server name, and then click Remote Access Policies.

How to connect to a dial up network?

If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Connections. Under Network Tasks, click Create a new connection, and then click Next. Click Connect to the network at my workplace to create the dial-up connection, and then click Next.

Can you grant callbacks in Windows 2003?

Administrators can only grant or deny access to the user and specify callback options, which are the access permission settings available in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. The remaining options become available after the domain has been switched to native mode.

How to install IIS Web Server 2008?

Perform the following steps on the VPN server to install the IIS Web server role: Open the Windows 2008 Server Manager. In the left pane of the console, click the Roles node. Figure 1. Click the Add Roles link on the right side of the right pane. Click Next on the Before You Begin page.

How to add a role in a server?

In the Server Manager, click the Roles node in the left pane of the console. In the Roles Summary section, click the Add Roles link. Click Next on the Before You Begin page. On the Select Server Roles page, put a checkmark in the Network Policy and Access Services checkbox.

How to access CRL distribution points?

Click the Details tab of the certificate and scroll down to the CRL Distribution Points entry and click on that entry. In the lower pane you will see the various distribution points based on the protocol used to access those points. In the certificate seen in the figure below, you can see that we need to allow the SSL VPN client access to the CRL via the URL:

How do you know what URL the SSL VPN client needs to connect to in order to download the CRL?

How do you know what URL the SSL VPN client needs to connect to in order to download the CRL? That information is contained within certificate itself. If you go to the VPN server again and double click on the certificate in the IIS console, as you did earlier, you will be able to find this information.

Where is the certificate icon in IIS?

In this example, the name of the server is W2008RC0-VPNGW. Click on the Server Certificates icon in the right pane of the IIS console.

Can you authenticate using a domain?

Since the VPN server is a member of the domain, you can authenticate users using domain accounts. If the VPN server were not a member of the domain, then only local accounts on the VPN server could be used, unless you decide to use the NPS server. I'll do an article on how to use an NPS server in the future.

Is CRL site name secure?

I should note here that using the default CRL site name might not be the more secure option, since it exposes a private computer name to the Internet. You can create a custom CDP (CRL Distribution Point) to prevent this if you consider exposing the private name of your CA in your public DNS a security issue. You can find some information on how to change these values at How to Change the Policy Settings for a Certification Authority (CA) in Windows 2000.

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Introduction

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Summary

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