Nah, it was a non-from-scratch rebuild. Just a refresh of all the files,
then a reapply of SP2. If I have to, I'll rebuild from scratch but for two
reasons: 1) I don't want to, and 2) my pride wants me to fix this problem,
not just erase my mistakes.
The IP was changed as a result of the new ISP (the old one went of
business), I've not tried a second new IP. The computer name (Helium)
remains the same and WINS and DNS were automatically updated, and continue
to show the right informnation. I might also add that I had installed IIS
just to see what would happen, maybe in would add or refresh a critical DLL.
IIS5 worked great, it's since been removed.
As for policies, not using any. Those people who need VPN support are
explicitly allowed on their profile.
I'm hoping that there's a .cnf, or .inf file that I need to add, or
something just as simple.
rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Beckham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Rod Cleaves'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: RRAS VPN Server not available to setup
> When you rebuilt it, did you give it a new name and IP address? Did you
> manually remove it from DNS and WINS? Anything funny in your Remote
Access
> Policies?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Cleaves [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 1:02 PM
> To: Diane Beckham
> Subject: Re: RRAS VPN Server not available to setup
>
>
> Diane,
>
> These are all good questions and I'll answer them all. I was trying to
avoid
> a wordy post, here you go.
>
> First, we have a small site, only 35 people. The machine in questions is
> also a DC. It's only jobs in life are as a secondary DNS, replicated WINS
> (secondary), VPN dial-in via the Internet, and second Domain Controller.
All
> was working well until we had to change ISPs and ergo the IP block. After
> the reconfiguration failed (for the new IP), I removed the server from the
> RemoteAccess MMC, rebooted and tried to "start and configure", it never
> recovered.
>
> Now answers:
>
> > Rod, how did you setup RRAS?
> Originally setup as PPTP only, for use via Internet only, no modems.
>
> >Is this server doing anything else besides RRAS and VPN?
> >Do you have a modem card installed? Is it setup to use PPTP
> > or L2TP?
>
> Answered above...
>
> > What are the permissions on the box? Is it a member server,
> > standalone or a domain server. Is this a Win2K domain or an NT domain?
>
> Win2K DC, second in the forest with no major applications.
>
> > Can you setup this box as a VPN client or a Dial-up client.
>
> Haven't tried. but I'm pretty sure I could.
>
> > Does your direct dialup work.
> N/A
>
> > Do you have a static IP or are you using DHCP? Is RRAS
> > setup to use DHCP or assign static IP?
> The DC is staic, dual homed. One NIC is asigned a public IP and the other
is
> a class-B private IP
>
>
> > Do you any info in the event log or the RRAS log?
>
> Only that the service won't stay up, non-specific errors, followed all up
in
> technet (both on-line and CD), no joy.
>
> > Sorry if I missed the first post, you may have already answered some of
> > these questions.
>
> NP, it's nice to have someone to bounce ideas off from....
>
> BTW, I've set up many of boxes. I've had my MCSE going back to NT3.51
(when
> we only needed to pass three tests). I know I'm not the brightest bulb in
> the pack, so I probably missed something obvious. Any ideas wouldbe
helpful.
>
> rod
>
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