I have a Windows 2000 advanced server box.
I dont get the "enable routing and remote access" when I use the MMC snap in.
In the MMC, I can see the "local" computer in the left pane.

when i right click "routing and remote acccess", i get following choices in

the menu.
1. add server
2. auto refresh
3. refresh rate.....
4. view
5. help

when i right click on server status, ,i get following choices
1 add server
2. rebuild server list
3 export list
4 help
5 refresh

finally, when i right click on the server name, i get
1 view
2 delete
3 refresh
4 export
5 properties
6 help

if i click on the properties, none of the options in "enable this computer

as" are checked. if i check, it asks for a service restart and service does

not start. if i now start the service again, the options are again in

not-checked state.

the server is not part of any domain. i have logged in as local
administator. remote registry service is also on.

can someone help?
thanks in advance.

Similar symptoms seen in Post: Missing
Interfaces and folder Ip Routing Nat by BP 2/10/05
win2k sp4. (C:\netsh ras dump) reveals rras configuration
think might have to reset configuration on rras but reluctant
as it functional, but see can reset via netsh command.

"KiranGhag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0C7CBAB6-85C4-48D3-B790-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a Windows 2000 advanced server box.
> I dont get the "enable routing and remote access" when I use the MMC snap in.
> In the MMC, I can see the "local" computer in the left pane.
>
> when i right click "routing and remote acccess", i get following choices in
>
> the menu.
> 1. add server
> 2. auto refresh
> 3. refresh rate.....
> 4. view
> 5. help
>
> when i right click on server status, ,i get following choices
> 1 add server
> 2. rebuild server list
> 3 export list
> 4 help
> 5 refresh
>
> finally, when i right click on the server name, i get
> 1 view
> 2 delete
> 3 refresh
> 4 export
> 5 properties
> 6 help
>
> if i click on the properties, none of the options in "enable this computer
>
> as" are checked. if i check, it asks for a service restart and service does
>
> not start. if i now start the service again, the options are again in
>
> not-checked state.
>
> the server is not part of any domain. i have logged in as local
> administator. remote registry service is also on.
>
> can someone help?
> thanks in advance.
>

The symptoms are little similar.
but in my case the option to turn on/off RRAS is _not_ present. :-(

i noticed on another machine that when I try to enable/disable RRAS, windows
runs an EXE - remrras.exe

this file is present on the problem server. but if i run that manually,
nothing happens, as if windows ignores the clicks :-((

OTOH, if I right click "My Computers", option to "Manage" is also absent.
I thought of infection, but the server has the anti-virus running and
definitions are regularly updated. I did a full scan, including a spyware
scan, but no problems found.

I am clueless.

"BP" wrote:

> Similar symptoms seen in Post: Missing
> Interfaces and folder Ip Routing Nat by BP 2/10/05
> win2k sp4. (C:\netsh ras dump) reveals rras configuration
> think might have to reset configuration on rras but reluctant
> as it functional, but see can reset via netsh command.
>
> "KiranGhag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0C7CBAB6-85C4-48D3-B790-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have a Windows 2000 advanced server box.

Make sure that the remote registry service is running. This is required
even if the MMC and RRAS are on the same server.

"KiranGhag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:71D12400-97D2-41E7-A83F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The symptoms are little similar.
> but in my case the option to turn on/off RRAS is _not_ present. :-(
>
> i noticed on another machine that when I try to enable/disable RRAS,
> windows
> runs an EXE - remrras.exe
>
> this file is present on the problem server. but if i run that manually,
> nothing happens, as if windows ignores the clicks :-((
>
> OTOH, if I right click "My Computers", option to "Manage" is also absent.
> I thought of infection, but the server has the anti-virus running and
> definitions are regularly updated. I did a full scan, including a spyware
> scan, but no problems found.
>
> I am clueless.
>
> "BP" wrote:
>
>> Similar symptoms seen in Post: Missing
>> Interfaces and folder Ip Routing Nat by BP 2/10/05
>> win2k sp4. (C:\netsh ras dump) reveals rras configuration
>> think might have to reset configuration on rras but reluctant
>> as it functional, but see can reset via netsh command.
>>
>> "KiranGhag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:0C7CBAB6-85C4-48D3-B790-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I have a Windows 2000 advanced server box.
>

"Bill Grant" wrote:

> Make sure that the remote registry service is running. This is required
> even if the MMC and RRAS are on the same server.

I think I already mentioned that in the original post.

Remote registry service is *ON*

Also will not keep any changed settings and have to restart manually
as you do, same no start on menu. Can not connect from another servers rras
admin to the broken one although it adds the server
it prompts for user name/pwd then gives you do not have sufficient
permissions then access denied after two attempted authentications.
Can connect to a good rras from bad rras admin machine
and configure all settings of that rras so the admin snapin seems to be ok
Sure seems like security issue of some kind.

"KiranGhag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:71D12400-97D2-41E7-A83F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The symptoms are little similar.
> but in my case the option to turn on/off RRAS is _not_ present. :-(
>
> i noticed on another machine that when I try to enable/disable RRAS, windows
> runs an EXE - remrras.exe
>
> this file is present on the problem server. but if i run that manually,
> nothing happens, as if windows ignores the clicks :-((
>
> OTOH, if I right click "My Computers", option to "Manage" is also absent.
> I thought of infection, but the server has the anti-virus running and
> definitions are regularly updated. I did a full scan, including a spyware
> scan, but no problems found.
>
> I am clueless.
>
> "BP" wrote:
>
> > Similar symptoms seen in Post: Missing
> > Interfaces and folder Ip Routing Nat by BP 2/10/05
> > win2k sp4. (C:\netsh ras dump) reveals rras configuration
> > think might have to reset configuration on rras but reluctant
> > as it functional, but see can reset via netsh command.
> >
> > "KiranGhag" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:0C7CBAB6-85C4-48D3-B790-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > I have a Windows 2000 advanced server box.
>

> it prompts for user name/pwd then gives you do not have sufficient
> permissions then access denied after two attempted authentications

i used to get this authentication thing when the remote access service was
"disabled". i made the remote access service "automatic" after that and
authentication went.

as the latest try, i ran system file checker, hoping system files will be
okay. but it still doesnt work. ya but system file checker logged many errors
in the event log, saying cant copy a file...

what to do next? i dont want to rebuild this box
:-(

"BP" wrote:

> Also will not keep any changed settings and have to restart manually
> as you do, same no start on menu. Can not connect from another servers rras
> admin to the broken one although it adds the server
> it prompts for user name/pwd then gives you do not have sufficient
> permissions then access denied after two attempted authentications.
> Can connect to a good rras from bad rras admin machine
> and configure all settings of that rras so the admin snapin seems to be ok
> Sure seems like security issue of some kind.

I have the same exact problem. For about a year now (yes, I've been
trying to figure this out for a year), I have been unable to access
Passport.NET sites from any client behind my Windows 2000 Advanced
server (even Linux clients). Recently, within the last 4 or 5 months, I
have been unable to access about 45% of other sites, including secure
and non-secure sites (one in particular, Discovercard.com ).

I accidentally deleted the Internal interface, but from what I have
read, that really doesn't matter unless you are using VPN / NAT.
However, having said that, I am experiencing the problem originally
posted. To reset my RRAS server, I right-clicked my server name in the
MMC and chose Disable Routing and Remote Access and get the warning
that doing so would erase my current configuration...blah blah blah,
yeah yeah yeah...and proceeded. According to MS, I should be able to
then right click my server name in the MMC and choose Configure and
Enable Routing and Remote Access, however, it is a disabled context
menu item. (BTW, I am running SP4).

TO KIRANGHAG: Is this what happened to you as far as RRAS is concerned
and not being able to "reset" it?

TO EVERYONE ELSE: Has anyone had this happen and know of a solution??

TIA

Craig

I have the same exact problem. For about a year now (yes, I've been
trying to figure this out for a year), I have been unable to access
Passport.NET sites from any client behind my Windows 2000 Advanced
server (even Linux clients). Recently, within the last 4 or 5 months, I
have been unable to access about 45% of other sites, including secure
and non-secure sites (one in particular, Discovercard.com ).

I accidentally deleted the Internal interface, but from what I have
read, that really doesn't matter unless you are using VPN / NAT.
However, having said that, I am experiencing the problem originally
posted. To reset my RRAS server, I right-clicked my server name in the
MMC and chose Disable Routing and Remote Access and get the warning
that doing so would erase my current configuration...blah blah blah,
yeah yeah yeah...and proceeded. According to MS, I should be able to
then right click my server name in the MMC and choose Configure and
Enable Routing and Remote Access, however, it is a disabled context
menu item. (BTW, I am running SP4).

TO KIRANGHAG: Is this what happened to you as far as RRAS is concerned
and not being able to "reset" it?

TO EVERYONE ELSE: Has anyone had this happen and know of a solution??

TIA

Craig

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> I have the same exact problem. For about a year now (yes, I've been
> trying to figure this out for a year), I have been unable to access
> Passport.NET sites from any client behind my Windows 2000 Advanced
> server (even Linux clients). Recently, within the last 4 or 5 months,
I
> have been unable to access about 45% of other sites, including secure
> and non-secure sites (one in particular, Discovercard.com ).
>
> I accidentally deleted the Internal interface, but from what I have
> read, that really doesn't matter unless you are using VPN / NAT.
> However, having said that, I am experiencing the problem originally
> posted. To reset my RRAS server, I right-clicked my server name in
the
> MMC and chose Disable Routing and Remote Access and get the warning
> that doing so would erase my current configuration...blah blah blah,
> yeah yeah yeah...and proceeded. According to MS, I should be able to
> then right click my server name in the MMC and choose Configure and
> Enable Routing and Remote Access, however, it is a disabled context
> menu item. (BTW, I am running SP4).
>
> TO KIRANGHAG: Is this what happened to you as far as RRAS is
concerned
> and not being able to "reset" it?
>
> TO EVERYONE ELSE: Has anyone had this happen and know of a solution??
>
> TIA
>
> Craig

Hey everyone:

Ok, by using the netsh command and using 'reset' everywhere I could, as
well as 'uninstall' in every context I could, when I restarted the RRAS
service, the Internal interface I had accidentally deleted a year
earlier and had been unable to "reinstall" mysteriously reappeared. It
appears to me, that once you have gone through the Configure and Enable
Routing and Remote Access wizard, you cannot go through it again,
rather, you must go through all the various property pages of the
different items in the MMC and reconfigure your server the way you
want. Having said that, I am still unable to browse the Internet from
my clients.

HTH.