RRAS FAQ INTRODUCTION

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RRAS (Routing and Remote Access) Setup​

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INTRODUCTION​

This FAQ is divided into 4 sections. It assumes you have a basic working knowledge of DNS, DHCP,and IP addressing as used in Win2k networks. More information is available at
http://www.labmice.net If you find one of the FAQ sections missing, it means we have not finished it yet. Check back tomorrow. Please post questions on the forums...we probably won't have an answer to anything that does not pertain directly to our network setup as we arrived at this solution through much reading, research, and mostly trial and error. If we do have an answer, and we do it on the forums, everyone can see it. (Thanks)

OUR NETWORK VS YOUR NETWORK​

This setup works on OUR network. If your network is different, ie: you don't use DHCP, or maybe you want your RRAS server to run on your Domain Controller, this setup may or may not work. YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY The Win2k RRAS setup seems to be a problem for many (ourselves included) and having found a variation that works we thought to pass it along. This FAQ does not include VPN as it requires a static IP address for the internet connection which is not usually available via a dialup connection. We are located on a barrier island which has no broadband access available ergo the dialup. (Sorry)

FAQ SECTIONS​

Section 1. The Introduction you are reading now.

Section 2. Section Two goes over the setup of our network. Architecture, DNS, WINS, DHCP, setup and so forth. Includes actual local IP address scheme etc. If you set it up this way, it will work. It may not be pretty, it may not be correct, but it works.

Section 3. Section Three explains our setup procedures for RRAS and NAT (Network Address Translation) on the network using a persistent dial-up connection via modem. This will allow all workstations on a small network to share a single connection to the internet and will support http, ftp, telnet and mail transfer protocols.

Section 4. Section Four expains our procedure for adding a second modem connection which we use for incoming remote connections for tele-commuters.


Thats it, Hope it helps!

David ONeill
Techno-Troll Communications