How to Install VPN on Windows Server 2008

This HowTo should show you how to install a VPN Server on Windows Server 2008 R2. This is a HowTo for a small environment or a stand-alone hosted Server.

  1. Install the Role “Network Policy and Access Services” with the Server Manager
  2. 2. Select the Role Services “Routing and Remote Access Services”
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  5. 3. Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access in the Server Manager.
  6. 4. Choose “Custom Configuration” if you just have one Network Interface in the Server
  7. 5. Choose “VPN access”
  8. 6. Finish and click next
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  10. 7. Allow access for users “Network Access Permission”. You can set that in de Dial-In Tab under the User Premission.
  11. 8. Open Ports in your Firewall

    For PPTP: 1723 TCP 47 GRE
    For L2TP over IPSEC: 1701 TCP 500 UDP
    For  SSTP: 443 TCP

  12. Optional: If you don’t have a DHCP Server in your local network you have to add a static address pool. This could be if you have a stand-alone Server by your provider.
  13. 1. Right click on “Routing and Remote Access” and open Properties
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  15. 2. Click on the IPv4 Tab and check “Static address pool”
  16. 3. Add a static address pool of private IP addresses
  17. 4. Add secondary IP Address to the Server network interface which is in the same subnet as this pool.

 

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