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VPN connection before login

Asked by: GordonLiq

Hi ,
I have create a VPN in windows 2008 named "my VPN".
is there any way to connection this VPN connection before user login ? just like a service?

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2009-10-21 at 21:21:16ID24833271
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Windows Server 2008

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Answers

 

by: TXRhinoPosted on 2009-10-21 at 21:33:39ID: 25630831

Are you wanting remote users via a laptop to have a Wi-Fi or NIC load it's drivers and then connect to the VPN and Authenticate prior to the actual authentication/logon on process in to windows?

Ryan

 

by: GordonLiqPosted on 2009-10-21 at 21:38:21ID: 25630848

yes.

I have a remote server that running windows 2008 and create a vpn to my office ,
I really like it can auto vpn and because that is server , nobody should need log on.

 

by: RobWillPosted on 2009-10-22 at 06:08:23ID: 25633663

If the remote PC/laptop is a member of the domain, at logon there will be a check box allowing "connect using dial-up connection". Selecting this will then give you the option of using the VPN connection. This then completes the VPN connection before logon so that group policy and logon scripts can be applied to the remote user as they would be in the the office, on the same LAN as the server.

If the remote computers are not members of the domain, you may be able to do so tinkering with Microsoft's Srvany and Instsrv. Others claim to have done so but I have never tried. They are designed to allow you to run an application as a service.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q137890/
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q152460
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=197

 

by: TXRhinoPosted on 2009-10-22 at 07:02:50ID: 25634292

Are you using the Server OS as a workstation or is it performing some services? If it it is performing services why have it run as a vpn at log on and not just nail it up so tht it is constantly connected and sharing information?

 

by: GordonLiqPosted on 2009-10-22 at 14:47:10ID: 25639413

I have a dedicated server , host website need VPN to office to send the email.

I have write an service on that server to check the connection and then dial the vpn using rasdial ,

but the problem is the VPN connection that I create is for each user , and so the rasdial does not work without login.

 

by: RobWillPosted on 2009-10-22 at 18:20:13ID: 25640675

RASDial as you have seen, will not allow a connection before logon. The suggestions I made above are the only solutions if using a Windows VPN.

 

by: GordonLiqPosted on 2009-10-22 at 18:46:33ID: 25640790

that is not acceptable , because it will lost the fast intenet of dedicated server.

 

by: RobWillPosted on 2009-10-22 at 18:53:55ID: 25640818

Sorry. That is how it works.
You would have to configure Ras dial to run as a service using Srvany and Instsrv, allowing the VPN to be started as a service to configure the VPN connection before logon.

 

by: GordonLiqPosted on 2009-11-03 at 13:29:23ID: 31644329

it maybe truth but not what I want.

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