The other day I posted the first half of this video with the server side setup of NAP.  This video will cover the client side setup and testing on both Windows Vista and Windows XP SP3. Note: Double-click on the video to go full screen. If you want to give these demos a try yourself be sure to grab the lab build guide and demo scripts ...

Server 2008 is out and one of the very cool features is NAP or Network Access Protection.  This feature allow you to protect the internal network from threats.  There is a nice entry on Wikipedia explaining NAP but the TLA way is to show you the quick steps to get it done.  While I could write it out I figured video would be cool as ...

Virtual Private Network client is included with Windows 2000 and XP. We can use this built in client to connect to our Windows 2003 VPN. If you missed the VPN Server Configuration, you may want to read up on what was done on the server end first. In the previous article we created a security group called Copperhat VPN Users. This group contains ...

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a logical, secure connection over an insecure network, such as the web or a wireless access point. Remote users use their existing Internet connection to securely connect to the corporate network, just like they were if they were in the office. Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 offer native VPN support. To create our VPN ...

So far in this series, TLA reader jason Boche has shown us how to install and configure routing using RRAS, the last part of this series will cover the testing of the configuration. Open up the RRAS MMC and with RIP highlighted in the left window pane, all interfaces configured for RIP should be shown on the right. Each router configured for RIP ...

As we saw in Part 1, Windows RRAS can be used to route traffic at layer 3. TLA reader Jason Boche is back with part 2 which covers the configuration of RRAS. Open up the RRAS MMC and the symbol in the circle has changed in color from red to green indicating that the RRAS service is started. Also appearing now are additional configuration items in ...

Routing is something usually left to Cisco equipment or some other layer 3 device. Windows does include routing capabilites in Routing and Remote Access (RRAS) and TLA reader Jason Boche is back with a three part article on RRAS and how to configure it. Understanding the fundamentals as well as the advanced configuration of the TCP/IP ...

Virtual Private Networks seem to be on the rise, with workers telecommuting or requiring access while on the road it makes sense. Setting up a VPN server is not too difficult, however, deploying the settings to users who are not in the office often, if ever, can be difficult. For this we have the Connection Manager Administrator Kit, aka ...

In Securing Wifi with IAS Pt.1 - Server Configuration we configured a Windows Server 2003 with RADIUS in an effort to secure a wireless LAN (WLAN). This part will cover the client configuration. The first part is dependant on your Wireless Access Point (WAP). You will need to edit the security settings and configure it to use RADIUS, select the ...

Wireless network connectivity is everywhere from the local coffee shop to larger corporate enviroments. It is easy to use, easy to configure and the convenience makes it a wanted item. Security isn't something that Wifi is famous for, but with the use of Internet Authentication Services (IAS) and the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) we can ...

Netsh.exe is a powerful command line tool you can use to configure and manage multiple network connections, quickly and easily from the command line. Netsh allows for complete configuration of the network card(s) from the command line. Lets start by checking out the current configuration of the Local Arean Connection with this command: netsh ...

Netsh.exe is a powerful command line tool you can use to configure and manage network connections, including the Windows Firewall, quickly and easily from the command line. We'll start with the Windows Firewall, open up a command prompt window and type: netsh firewall set opmode mode=disable This will disable the Windows Firewall, we could use the ...