Lesson 2

Selecting Routers and ISPs

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Practice: Configuring a Windows Server 2003 Router

In this practice, you configure the Routing And Remote Access tool on Server01 to

route traffic between the two network interface adapters installed in the computer. For

this exercise, the Microsoft Loopback Adapter is presumed to be connected to a WAN

device providing a connection to an ISP. The other adapter (which is the actual net-

work interface card in the computer) is connected to the local private network. After

configuring RRAS, you then disable it to prepare for later practice.

Note

The Microsoft Loopback Adapter is a software component included with Windows

Server 2003 that you install as part of the server Setup procedure documented in the “About

This Book” chapter.

Exercise 1: Configuring Routing and Remote Access

In this procedure, you perform a manual configuration that leaves RRAS with only

basic routing functions.

1. Log on to Server01 as Administrator.

2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click

Routing And Remote Access. The Routing And Remote Access console appears,

and SERVER01 (local) is listed in the console tree.

3. Click SERVER01 (local), and from the Action menu, select Configure And Enable

Routing And Remote Access. The Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard

appears.

4. Click Next. The Configuration page appears.

Notice that there are five options that you can select to create different RRAS

configurations.

5. Select the Custom Configuration. Select Any Combination Of The Features Avail-

able In Routing And Remote Access option button, and then click Next. The Cus-

tom Configuration page appears.

6. Select the LAN Routing check box, and then click Next. The Completing The Rout-

ing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard page appears.

7. Click Finish. A Routing And Remote Access message box appears, asking if you

want to start the service.

8. Click Yes. The Routing and Remote Access service starts, and new entries appear

in the console tree.

Notice that the IP Routing icon contains only three subheadings: General, Static

Routes, and NAT/Basic Firewall.