Using RADIUS for Multiple Remote Access Servers

When you have more than one remote access server, the administration of remote access policies can become cumbersome very quickly. Instead, you can configure a single computer running Windows Server 2003 and IAS as a RADIUS server and configure the remote access servers as RADIUS clients. The IAS server provides centralized remote access authentication, authorization, accounting, and auditing. Assuming that you’ve already configured the remote access servers to provide access for dial-up or VPN clients, you can accomplish this by performing the procedures listed next. Each of these procedures is described in the sections that follow:

  • Configure the remote access servers for RADIUS authentication. ...

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