Setting Up the RAS Server

The RAS server is the entity that will actually connect to the Internet or DMZ, providing the direct communications with the VPN clients, although the NPS system will be authenticating and authorizing those connections.

The following steps assume that Windows Server 2012 is already installed, that the RAS1 server is configured with an internal network interface card (NIC; 10.1.1.210) and an external NIC (75.25.156.217), and that the server is a member of the companyabc.com Active Directory domain. In addition, the Remote Access role has been installed and the Configuration Wizard run, configuring the RAS1 server to support both DirectAccess and VPN.

The DirectAccess configuration has been completed and tested, so the ...

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