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Enabling to RRAS, gives ICS error

When I want to enable RRAS on Windows Server 2008 R2 (for VPN connection), I take this error. "ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) is currently enabled on , to configure RRAS, disable ICS and try again."...
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Additional interfaces in Routing and Remote Access

Ok, so some of my basic installs use Routing and Remote Access the only problem is if I need to add additional Interfaces they only way I can seem to be able to do it is to disable and delete the ...
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Extremely slow VPN connection between Windows 10 client and Windows 2008 R2 Server

After a bit of hassle setting up and configuring my VPN connection on Windows 10, I finally got it connecting to our Windows 2008 R2 server using RRAS. When establishing the connection, it connects ...
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How to setup L2TP IPsec VPN server on Windows Server 2008 R2?

The Windows 2008 R2 (SBS) machine was earlier setup to run a PPTP VPN server. Due to security concerns I do want to replace the PPTP by L2TP/IPsec VPN server. The server is behind a NAT router where ...
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configuring RRAS for site to site demand dial

I have a windows 2008 R2 server with RRAS installed. I need it to make a demand dial connection to a remote VPN server. The type is PPTP. What I've do so far: Installed RRAS. In the properties ...
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HyperV guest external IP: RRAS NAT on host VS direct access to external network with Microsoft Virtual Switch?

I have Win2008 R2 HyperV host with one physical adapter running a bunch of VMs. I have a subnet of external IP addresses: x.x.x.208 / 255.255.255.240 I used to have the following setup: host OS would ...
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Win2008 - restrict VPN user permissions

Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Foundations file server with no AD, only workgroup sharing some folders, and now a RRAS server. Shared folders are open to everyone in the office (XPs and Sevens) without accounts/...
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Configure RRAS to send DNS search domain to Mac L2TP VPN client

Is there any way to make RRAS send the default search domain (ie the connection's search domain, the FQDN of the domain in question) to Mac clients who connect via L2TP? Or is this something that just ...
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Using RRAS results in bluescreens with 1E and 3C errors on things like Ping

My whole class has a major problem with RRAS. Let me first explain the situation. For our project, we have to virtualize two servers (North and South) each represents a location of the company, and ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - RAS SSTP - HTTP 503 Service is unavailable

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine that has the following configuration: It's a domain controller It runs IIS and serves the Default Website with HTTP bindings 0.0.0.0:80 and [::]:80 and with ...
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Hub-and-Spoke VPN using Window Server 2008 R2 and RRAS

I am trying to create a simple VPN hub-and-spoke topography. I have managed to get quite a long way and I hope the following diagram describes what I have been able to build thus far: As you can see, ...
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Configuring RRAS with WS2K8R2 VPC

I have configured a Server 2008 R2 instance in a VPC with 2 subnets. The server is configured as a DC, RRAS and CA and a NIC in each VPC subnet. SSTP VPN clients can reach the server but either the ...
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How to configure RRAS VPN behind a DSL router on as single NIC 2008 R2

I already had this running once with an older server, but now I changed hardware and cannot get this running again (I'm more a dev than a admin). Here's my network setup: Internet | DSL Router | ...
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Cannot connect two users to windows's VPS's VPN

I have a private VPN server in my VPS using windows Routing and Remote access. Now I cannot connect from two devices (e.g. IPad and my Laptop) in same time. I tried to change the properties but I've ...
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Cannot start ` Secure Socket Tuning Protocol Service`

I tried to start Routing and Remote Access Service but I've got an error says the dependency service or group failed to start then I tried to start Remote Access Connection Manager (one of RRAS's ...
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can't connect 2 subnets through RRAS 2008 r2

I'm working on a project for a networking class. In VMWare Workstation, I have to set up a 2008 r2 server with DHCP reservations for 2 clients on separate subnets and have them ping each other. Here ...
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RRAS with DHCP when the IP pool is on a different subnet

I run a small business network and the last couple of days I have been setting up some equipment to add VPN capabilities to our network. I've got the following set up: Windows 2008 R2 with RRAS - 172....
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Hyper-V Test Bed for Forefront TMG 2010 Networking Issues

I am trying to set up a Server 2008 R2 test bed for a Forefront TMG 2010 deployment and I can't seem to get the networking configured correctly. The set up is as follows: Hyper-V Host has two NICs, ...
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L2TP Site to Site VPN issues

I have a windows 2008 r2 server that needs to establish a VPN connection to a remote VPN server. We're using the L2TP protocol with a pre-shared key. I initially used the New Demand Dial interface ...
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Copying compressed files from Server 2008 R2 network share to XP client via VPN fails

At the first sight the question looks similar to this one. I have experienced an odd behavior while trying to copy a certain file from Windows Server 2008 R2 network share to Windows XP Professional ...
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share one vpn connection through windows rras with other clients

I'm having a Cisco VPN connection to access our branch office. Since several people using the VPN I'm planing to install the VPN client on one of our server and share it through RRAS to save the ...
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Routing and Remote Access Service won't start after full disk

The HDD of the server was out of disk space, and after a reboot, RRAS won't start anymore on my 2008 R2 server. Error Details: Log Name: System Source: RemoteAccess Date: 2/5/...
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RRAS won't route with a /23, but will with two /24

I've had a route in Windows Server 2008 R2 RRAS that's been working for a long time, which is 192.168.100.0/24. The network on the other side of that link recently added a new subnet, 192.168.101.0/...
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Windows Server 2008 DHCP with RRAS

I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 which is a member of a domain, but is placed in a remote location. The server is directly connected to Internet. Clients need to access a particular insecure TCP ...
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RRAS VPN Issues - Windows Server 2008 R2

I'm trying to setup a VPN on a new Windows Server 2008 R2 box that is running Hyper-V. I have setup the VPN using the RRAS and can connect to this VPN from my PC - however I can't access any ...
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Can't VPN into WS2008R2

I am a new administrator to Windows Server 2008 R2. I am trying to set up a VPN connection to my server with not much luck. Thus far I can connect to my server with a VPN PPTP connection but I ...
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Getting error when trying to connect to home VPN server

I have setup a RRAS server on my AD machine running WS2008R2. When I set the RRAS to use a static IP pool, I can connect from my VPN just fine (I'm connecting from the built-in VPN client in Windows 7)...
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Starting RRAS service blocks RDP access to RRAS server on internal interface? (2008 R2)

Has anyone else seen this behavior? I have a VPN server (Win2008 R2) with two network interfaces; RRAS is configured on the 'external' interface, and I am RDP'ed into the 'internal' interface. As ...
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RRAS VPN server on 2008R2 -- two subnets, how do I use DHCP?

This should be a relatively straightforward RRAS VPN setup, but I'm not getting the behavior I want. I have two subnets, a Prod Server subnet and a Client subnet. Both are publicly routable. I have ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 missing PPP adapter - where are the clients supposed to connect to?

We have a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. It has one NIC, with the address 192.168.0.2. We set up RRAS, enabled VPN protocols, and told it to use a static address pool, 192.168.0.224-239. On our router, ...
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Disable Windows Firewall (on server) for VPN-Connected Clients

I'm working with a friend who is having an issue with failed RDP hacking attempts eating up bandwidth on his server. His server is a Windows Server 2008 R2 box which is directly connected to the ...
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Route through site-to-site VPN not working

I'm trying to set up a site-to-site VPN using RRAS on two 2K8r2 servers since yesterday. The connection is working at this point, but I can't get it to send traffic from one site to the other one. ...
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Hyper-V VM Lab + RRAS + RDP

My background is primarily .NET Development with some System Administration skills. I'm trying to set up a VM Lab for me to test System Applications I'm developing but I've only ever done System ...
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Cannot connect to a VPN server - authentication failed with error code 691

When trying to connect to a VPN server, I get the 691 error code on the client, which say: Error Description: 691: The remote connection was denied because the user name and password ...
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Cannot Ping a server after configuring the Routing and Remote Access Services

After configuring the Routing and Remote Access Services to be a both VPN and NAT service, I cannot ping that server anymore from the external side. But when I configure it to be just a VPN server, or ...
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Persistent connection between RRAS servers?

I currently have a Server 2008 server at the office and a Server 2008 R2 server at a Data Center. Both have RRAS installed for PPTP VPN access. The office server is behind a router, is there a way ...
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Can't seem to ping servers on the intranet after connecting to RRAS

I've setup Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard running the DNS, ADDS and RRAS roles called DC01. I've also setup another Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard server running the Web Server roled called WEB01. ...
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Cannot connect to my VPN Server from another network

ok here is the deal. I have a Windows 2008 R2 server with RRAS installed configured for VPN. I also have DHCP running. On my DC I have AD running and they're connected with my domain. I am only using ...
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Can SSTP, an IIS 7.5 website, and RD Gateway all serve off of port 443 using 2008R2?

Is it possible to use a single port for SSTP and an IIS website, or will I be required to set up separate ports? I've got Server 2008 R2, and I tried doing it but now I can't get IIS to serve anything ...
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