Re: RRAS and RDP issue

From: Marina Roos [SBS-MVP] (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 21:06:10 +0100

Running the CEICW wizard and having the proper nic setup would have done
this automagically for you. 

-- 
Regards,
Marina
Microsoft SBS-MVP
One of the Magical M&M's
"Datavalve" <Datavalve@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:34054DFC-FE22-45D8-BE05-CA89F56C3829@microsoft.com...
> Ok I fixed my own problem. It would appear theat when RRAS is enabled it
adds
> a basic firewall to the external interface by default. I simply added the
> port (3389) required by Remote Desktop and was able to reconnect.
>
> Cudos to David Copeland for getting me to think in the right direction on
> this issue with his comment about blocking all traffic to and from the
server
> in VPN configuration. While the VPN configuration was not the issue, it
maked
> me think about  basic firewalling and what might be blocked prompting me
to
> look into the basic firewall setting in RRAS.
>
> So for anyone else facing this issue,  open the RRAS management console
and
> expand the server tree (YOURSERVERNAME (local)) then expand the IP Routing
> tree. Click on NAT/Basic Firewall. Right click on your External Interface
in
> the right pane and  choose Properties. On the Services and Ports tab
select
> Remote Desktop and click ok. Close the windows RRAS and you will be all
set.
>
> Thanks to all who helped, even Marina who ran me around in circles asking
> for IP information and pointing me to articles telling me that my TCP/IP
> configuration was "totally wrong", when there was nothing wrong with the
> TCP/IP config, but rather the configuration of the basic firewall in RRAS.
>
> "David Copeland [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > How did you configure RRAS? Sounds like RRAS is being configured as a
VPN
> > server via it's own wizard, which will bock all traffic to/from the
server
> > except for VPN traffic.   Try disabling RRAS, and then configuring it
via
> > the SBS wizard under Start/Server Management/Internet and
E-mail/Configure
> > Remote Access.
> >
> > Or you can check in Start/Administrative Tools/Routing and Remote
> > Access/servername/IP Routing/General/ right click on the external nic
and
> > select Properties  then check in the Inbound and Outbound filters.
> >
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > David Copeland
> > Microsoft Small Business Server Support
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> >
> > Newsgroups:
> > SBS v4.x : microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz
> > SBS 2000: microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000
> > SBS 2003: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
> >
> >
> > "Datavalve" <Datavalve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F27A260B-7BE1-4C18-A625-F951AFFFD5AE@microsoft.com...
> > >I am not connecting via VPN I am using remote desktop.  The IP address
of
> > >the
> > > external interface of the sertver is DHCP assigned by the ISP and
changes
> > > on
> > > almost every reboot. The internal nic's address is posted in the
original
> > > post but it is:
> > > IP: 192.168.1.1
> > > SNM: 255.255.255.0
> > > DFGW: None (uses default gateway of external nic)
> > > DNS: 192.168.1.1 ( for local resolution)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Please post the ipconfig/all from the server and from the vpn client
when
> > >> vpn-ed in.
> > >>
> > >> -- 
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Marina
> > >> Microsoft SBS-MVP
> > >> One of the Magical M&M's
> > >>
> > >> "Datavalve" <Datavalve@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> > >> news:44C626A2-25D5-48F4-B062-E35D5E84178A@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Hi,
> > >> >       I have installed SBS 2003 and can connect via Remote Desktop
> > >> > without
> > >> > issue. When I enable RRAS using the default configuration, I can
not
> > >> > ping
> > >> the
> > >> > external interface and once I disconnect, I can not reconnect via
> > >> > Remote
> > >> > Desktop any longer until the RRAS service is stopped. Once RRAS is
> > >> > stopped
> > >> I
> > >> > can connect and ping without issue, however, my users can not
access
> > >> > the
> > >> > internet. Am I missing something here? Thanks for your help in
advance.
> > >> >
> > >> > Configuration:
> > >> > RealTek nic (external Interface)
> > >> > DHCP assigned IP address from ISP
> > >> >
> > >> > Sis900 nic (internal interface)
> > >> > IP:192.168.1.1
> > >> > SNM:255.255.255.0
> > >> > DFGW: none (uses DFGW of external nic)
> > >> > DNS: 192.168.1.1 (for local net resolution)
> > >> >
> > >> > I have installed the newest driver form RealTek. The newest driver
from
> > >> SIS
> > >> > (windows 2000 version of driver)  would not install saying it was
not
> > >> > for
> > >> my
> > >> > hardware so I kept the default driver that came with the OS.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >

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