How To Manage A Distant Windows Server 2003 Router - Computers

In this article you'll learn how to manage a distant router running on Windows Server 2003 operating system. This article is written for LAN administrators, Windows Administrators and students preparing Windows server 2003 certifications. It can be useful also for people studying for the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification exam. Do the following actions to manage a distant routing server:

Step 1: Open the Routing and Remote Access MMC.

Step 2: In the tree structure of the console, click with the right button of the mouse on Server Status, and then click on Add Server.Step 3: In the dialog box "Add Server", do one of the following actions:* Click on The following computer, and enter the IP address of the server or the name of the computer.* Click on All routing and remote access servers in the domain, and then enter the name of the domain containing the server that you need to manage. Click on OK, and then select the appropriate routing server. * Click on Browse Active Directory, click on Next, and in the dialog box "Find Routers or Remote Access Servers", activate the check boxes located next to the types of servers that you need to seek. Click on OK, and then select the routing server.Step 4: Once that the remote server is displayed as an element in the tree structure of the console, you can start to manage it.

Take into account that you should be a member of the Administrators group in order to execute the following procedure. It is suggested to right-click the Routing and Remote Access icon and then click on Run As option rather than to open a Windows session using the credentials of a member of the Administrators group.

If you opened a session with identification information of a member of the Administrators security group, you can also open the Routing and Remote Access MMC (Microsoft Management Console) by double-clicking on Routing and distant access located in the Administrative Tools folder, which you can it by clicking on Start and then click on Control panel.

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