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Setting up a VPN in Windows 2003

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by sblades

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I have a network with Windows 2003 standard behind a linksys BEFVP41 (10-user office) with DSL. The router has a static IP on it and the local network uses 192.168.x.x range. I want to set up the server with RAS for about four clients to remotely access the server.

The server has 2 adapters, but I only want to use one with the RAS, as the router is providing "routing." During the install of RAS in 2003, it insists that you use both adapters. I've scoured Microsoft and TechPro, etc., etc., but can't find how to set up RAS with one adapter, using the router as the router portion. I know I will need to forward the ports on the Linksys.

Anyone have any experience with this? I'm at my wit's end.
Thanks! sblades

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by cg it

just out of curiosity, why 2 NICs?

If one is for the external interface and one for the internal e.g. connected to a switch, you could just dump one NIC, connect the other one to the switch, connect the switch to one of the LAN ports on the router, foward ports 1723 TCP/IP and UDP to the server setup RRAS and DHCP relay agent and volia! [allow PPTP passthrough on the router for GRE port 47 and L2TP is you are using a secure connection.

If you don't want to do that, RRAS allows you to specify what adapter to use for each PPTP and L2TP connection. You do that within RRAS. Need step by step? let us know.

by monshar_2000

you really needed two NIC's for this setup. One for inbound connection and the other for the outbound because NAT also plays role when settings up RAS.

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