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Routing and Remote Access Service
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>RRAS was introduced with <a href="/facts/Windows_2000/amJIt9gz">Windows 2000</a> and offered as a download for Windows NT 4.0. </p> <ul><li>Multiprotocol <a href="/facts/Router_(computing)/Nh5cIyVf">router</a> - The computer running RRAS can route <a href="/facts/Internet_Protocol/Qq6VeEal">IP</a>, <a href="/facts/IPX/TEGGak0E">IPX</a>, and <a href="/facts/AppleTalk/6j3NRgTl">AppleTalk</a> simultaneously. All routable protocols are configured from the same administrative utility. RRAS included two <a href="/facts/Unicast/PHStTfFe">unicast</a> routing protocols, <a href="/facts/Routing_Information_Protocol/xGeIuGk6">Routing Information Protocol</a> (RIP) and <a href="/facts/Open_Shortest_Path_First/PACpGUHb">Open Shortest Path First</a> (OSPF) as well as <a href="/facts/Internet_Group_Management_Protocol/MEzn1aTF">IGMP</a> routing and forwarding features for <a href="/facts/IP_multicast/YklMRaV5">IP multicasting</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dial-on-demand_routing/TqbHn7g9">Demand-dial router</a> - IP and IPX can be routed over on-demand or persistent <a href="/facts/Wide_area_network/mAkW4gr3">WAN</a> links such as analog phone lines or <a href="/facts/ISDN/zcV99rUb">ISDN</a>, or over <a href="/facts/VPN/HX1WUQ3E">VPN</a> connections.</li> <li>Remote access server - provides remote access connectivity to dial-up or VPN remote access clients that use IP, IPX, AppleTalk, or <a href="/facts/NetBEUI/gUEcmTe2">NetBEUI</a>.</li></ul> <p>Routing services and remote access services used to work separately. <a href="/facts/Point-to-Point_Protocol/XLaU6D71">Point-to-Point Protocol</a> (PPP), the protocol suite commonly used to negotiate point-to-point connections, has allowed them to be combined. </p><p>RRAS can be used to create <a href="/facts/Client_(computing)/u0wlVsWI">client</a> applications. These applications display RAS common <a href="/facts/Dialog_box/VgWHgrE2">dialog boxes</a>, manage remote access connections and devices, and manipulate phone-book entries.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="routing-and-remote-access-service-management-pack">Routing and Remote Access Service Management Pack</h2> <p>The Routing and Remote Access Service Management Pack helps a network administrator monitor the status and availability of computers running Windows Server 2008 R2.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="features-introduced-in-windows-server-2008">Features introduced in Windows Server 2008</h2> <ul><li>Server Manager – Application used to assist system administrators with installation, configuration, and management of other RRAS features.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Secure_Socket_Tunneling_Protocol/14u41e9h">Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol</a></li> <li>VPN enforcement for <a href="/facts/Network_Access_Protection/cp4qw0w9">Network Access Protection</a> – Limits VPN connections to defined network services.</li> <li><a href="/facts/IPv6/d4dg7kIL">IPv6</a> support – added <a href="/facts/Point-to-Point_Protocol/XLaU6D71">PPPv6</a>, <a href="/facts/L2TP/50sRGptx">L2TP</a>, <a href="/facts/DHCPv6/VMuk8QzQ">DHCPv6</a>, and <a href="/facts/RADIUS/NfNur5Q5">RADIUS</a> technologies allowing them to work over IPv6.</li> <li>New <a href="/facts/Cryptographic/e94PEVau">cryptographic</a> support – strengthened <a href="/facts/Encryption/16q29Fdv">encryption</a> algorithms to comply with U.S. government security requirements, in addition to removing algorithms which could not be strengthened.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="removed-technologies">Removed technologies</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bandwidth_Allocation_Protocol/PPwnIHIb">Bandwidth Allocation Protocol</a> (BAP) was removed from <a href="/facts/Windows_Vista/IASEUCTB">Windows Vista</a>, and disabled in <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2008/hrcPjTCH">Windows Server 2008</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/X.25/yaGPqw2Y">X.25</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Serial_Line_Internet_Protocol/oqUaoA0f">Serial Line Internet Protocol</a> (SLIP). SLIP-based connections will automatically be updated to PPP-based connections.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode/SzA8ewFL">Asynchronous Transfer Mode</a> (ATM)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Internet_Protocol/Qq6VeEal">IP</a> over <a href="/facts/IEEE_1394/XYdQlxfy">IEEE 1394</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/NWLink/5PzdCE68">NWLink</a> <a href="/facts/IPX%2fSPX/LCEn03Af">IPX/SPX</a>/<a href="/facts/NetBIOS/gUEcmTe2">NetBIOS</a> Compatible Transport Protocol</li> <li>Services for Macintosh</li> <li><a href="/facts/Open_Shortest_Path_First/PACpGUHb">Open Shortest Path First</a> (OSPF) routing protocol component in Routing and Remote Access</li> <li>Basic Firewall in RRAS (replaced with <a href="/facts/Windows_Firewall/5TzVne1j">Windows Firewall</a>)</li> <li>Static IP filter APIs for RRAS (replaced with <a href="/facts/Windows_Filtering_Platform/AeeksXlm">Windows Filtering Platform</a> APIs)</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Password_authentication_protocol/YzWIg2yr">SPAP</a>, <a href="/facts/Extensible_Authentication_Protocol/yuCAFHxC">EAP-MD5-CHAP</a>, and <a href="/facts/MS-CHAP/ngj5echo">MS-CHAP</a> authentication protocols for PPP-based connections.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Remote_Access_Service/AmIkyKWV">Remote Access Service</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.tech-faq.com/routing-and-remote-access-service.html">Tech FAQ</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>RRAS MSDN Library <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa446768" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa446768</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Routing and Remote Access Service MSDN <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb545679(v=vs.85).aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb545679(v=vs.85).aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>RRAS Management Pack Guide for System Center Operations Manager 2007 <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=785e5524-6228-45a9-b3e7-d85e48345a34&displaylang=e" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=785e5524-6228-45a9-b3e7-d85e48345a34&displaylang=e</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>What's New in Routing and Remote Access in Windows Server 2008 <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730711(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_3" target="_blank">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730711(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_3</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>What's New in Routing and Remote Access in Windows Server 2008 <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730711(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_3" target="_blank">https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730711(WS.10).aspx#BKMK_3</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>