2 silumtaneous dial-in RAS

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Glenn

I was able to configure my w2k server with DSL internet to
share its internet connection dial dialup RAS. I have 2
56k modems on com1 and 2.

Connections and browsing are successful for COM1 and COM2,
but 1 user cannot seem to connect whenever the other one
is active. I took a look at the event viewer and it says
that "A Similar protocol is already using the PPP
connection" or something like that, and the dial up will
be terminated.

Is there a way to allow 2 simultaneous incoming RAS
connections so that both dial-in RAS users can access the
internet via my DSL connection?

Thanks in advance
 
Change the no of ports for dialup in the RRAS MMC so that it can support
more.
 
Where can i do this?

Thanks
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Change the no of ports for dialup in the RRAS MMC so that it can support
more.

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actually no, because to use the dual modem capability you need 2 phone lines and 2 phone numbers, dsl is one phone line with dbl the capacity for data transfer
 
I do have 2 modems and 2 phone lines installed aside from
the DSL modem.

Both modems are connected to COM1 and 2, with separate
phone lines. The problem is when one RAS is connected,
the other cannot dial in. I get an error msg from the
dial up pc. Then when I check the event log on the RAS
server, is tell me that a similar connection type is
already active and dial up cannot be established, or
something like that.

How can i configure dialup RAS to accept 2 simultaneous
calls?

Thanks again

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actually no, because to use the dual modem capability you
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need 2 phone lines and 2 phone numbers, dsl is one phone
line with dbl the capacity for data transfer
 
Have you configured RRAS on your server?

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Open "Routing and Remote Access" snap-in on your server.
Configure and Enable RRAS if not done.
Select "Ports" node and check if both the modems are specified.
Now try to dialup up from both the users and check what happens.
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I cant seem to find this option. Im running win2000pro.
Is it in the "Services" on administrative tools? Because
there are no ports node where i can set the number of
ports that can connect.

Thanks
 
I found the Microsoft management console and chose the
services file, under that I chose again "Routing and
Remote Access" but there is still no option to change the
number of ports to use for RAS dial-in.

Am i choosing the right option?
 
Sorry I did not realise you were using 2000 pro, RRAS snap-in would be
available only on server machines. You can solve you problem by enabling
incoming connections on your machine.

To configure an incoming connection perform the following:
Select 'Make new connection' from Start - Settings - Network and dial-up
connections
Click Next to the wizard
Select 'Accept incoming connections'
Click Next
Select the device/s which you wish to accept incoming connections on and
click Next
Select if you wish to allow Virtual Private Connections and click Next
Select the users who will be able to dial into the connection and click
Next
Select the networking components to be enabled for the connection
If you select TCP/IP select it and click Properties. You can then choose
if the connector can talk to the local network and if the address is
assigned by DHCP,
one from a list or let the caller set their own address
Click Next and give the connection a name and click Finish

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Sharoon
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Thank you for taking the time to help me out.
Unfortunately I already configured my w2kpro this way.
In the incoming connections, I chose the 2 devices on
com1 and com2 as the RAS clients, i also put in 2 users
in case there would be conflict with just one user.

I was able to configure the incoming connections to be on
standy for incoming calls from both modems. I tried
connecting the first client, and it able to access the
internet via my broadband..... the network and dialup
settings, now reads..instead of having an incoming
connection, shows the active connection with the used
user name... the incoming connections icon disappears...
I then tried to connect the second user but the ras
client could not connect. When i checked the event log
on the ras server, is says that the connection type is
already in use and the ras client cannot use the same
protocol (something like this).

If its not possible on win2kpro machines, will 2
simultaneous RAS clients be able to connect at the same
time when the RAS server is running winxpPRO or Win2000
Server?

Again thanks for you assistance

Glenn
 
Check this link for details on incoming connection
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...xp/home/using/productdoc/en/Conn_incoming.asp

Quoting from the link:
You can configure an incoming connection to accept the following connection
types: dial-up (modem, ISDN, X.25), virtual private network (VPN) (PPTP,
L2TP), or direct (serial, infrared). On a computer running Windows 2000
Professional or Windows XP Professional, an incoming connection can accept
up to three incoming calls, up to one of each of these types.

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Well, it looks like im out of luck. It says that one
connection type can be accessed at one time, except if the
other account will use another protocol, sigh :0

Maybe i can find a way to make the internet work via a
protocol other than TCP/IP.

Thanks again.
 
Its not TCP/IP that you are limited to. You can have 1 of each type of
connection, meaning you could have 1 person dialed in via modem, 1 person
VPN'd in using PPTP, and another using L2TP. That gives you 3 simultaneous
connections.

Windows 2000 Server supports virtually unlimited simultaneous connections,
and Windows Server 2003 supports a finite amount for Server only, and
virutally infinite for Enterprise Server and DataCenter.
 
So if i use windows server 2003, I will be able to use 2
or more dialup modems to connect to my RAS server? Can
windows xp also achieve this?
 
No. As Dusty said, XP Pro will only accept one connection of each type.
You could have one dialup to a modem and one connection by VPN, but not two
modem connections.
 
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