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"Microsoft Windows Server 2008: A Beginner's Guide"


Add a Routing and Remote Access Service Server Role
The first task is to add a Routing and Remote Access Service role to the server.
1. Click Start | Server Manager. Under Roles Summary, click Add Roles. The Add
Roles Wizard will open. Click Next.
2. Click Network Policy And Access Services and then click Next. Read the
introduction message and click Next again.
3. Click Routing And Remote Access Services, as shown in Figure 8-3, click Next,
and click Install. The process may take several minutes. When it is done you
will be told the installation succeeded. Click Close.
Back in the Server Manager you??™ll see, under ???Roles,??? Network Policy And Access
Services, but it will have an ???X??? in a red circle indicating that it hasn??™t been enabled
and turned on.
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Enable and Configure RAS
The second task is to enable and configure RAS, which is done with the Routing And
Remote Access Server Setup Wizard.
1. Click Start | Administrative Tools | Routing And Remote Access. In the left pane,
click SERVER (Local).
Figure 8-3. Selecting Routing And Remote Access Services as a Server Role
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2. Click the Action menu and click Configure And Enable Routing And Remote
Access. The Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard will open.
3. Click Next and make sure that Remote Access (Dial-up or VPN) is selected, as
shown in Figure 8-4.


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