XPost: microsoft.public.win2000.ras_routing   
   From: dan_williams@newcross-nursing.com   
      
   We currently have a SBS 2000 Server and are using it as a RAS server for   
   all our 13 external offices to connect via a VPN dial-up connection. All   
   the offices are using an ADSL connection, so the speeds quite good.   
      
   However, we are moving our head offices to a different location and need to   
   have it constantly connected to our existing HQ via ADSL.   
      
   I'm planning on setting up a new RAID server as an additional domain   
   controller to our SBS server and hopefully replicate some of its data too   
   and from it. The idea is to use it as a backup server, so that if the SBS   
   server goes down, then people will still be able to login via the other   
   server.   
      
   In order to be able to do this, i really need to have the new PC   
   automatically and constantly connected to our SBS server? Do i need to go   
   down the route of using a hardware VPN connection, because obviously i   
   can't use a dial-up connection as it requires someone to manually connect   
   it, and it's likely to drop, and there's reconnection issues.   
      
   Can anyone give me some ideas about how to go about doing this?   
      
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   Thanks in advance   
      
   Dan Williams   
      
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