Create A Packet Filter On The Routing and Remote Access Service

Windows Server 2003 operating system aids you safe your network using packet filters. Using these filters, you can control what variety of vehicle can pass via your Windows Server 2003 router and what kind of IP packets ought be denied. To create a packet filter on Windows Server 2003 operating system, do the following actions:

Step 1: Open the Routing and Remote Access MMC.

Step 2: In the tree building of the Routing and Remote Access MMC (Microsoft Management Console), click on Routing and Remote Access.

Step 3: Click on the label of your server.

Step 4: Click on IP Routing

Step 5: Click on General

Step 6: In the details district, click with the right clasp of the mouse on the interface on which you want to increase a packet filter, and then click on Properties.

Step 7: Under the General tab, click on either Inbound Filters or Outbound Filters.

Step 8: In the dialog box Inbound Filters or Outbound Filters, click on New.

Step 9: In the dialog box "Add IP Filter", enter the parameters of the IP packet filter, and then click above OK.

Step 10: In Filter Action, choose the suitable operation filtering movement, and then click on OK.

Keep in mind namely you should be a member of the Administrators group in mandate to perform the following procedure. It is recommended to right-click the Routing and Remote Access icon and then click on Run As option rather than to open a Windows session using the credentials of a member of the Administrators group.

Whenever you opened a conference with identification message of a membership of the Administrators security group, you can also open the Routing and Remote Access MMC (Microsoft Management Console) by double-clicking on Routing and distant access situated in the Administrative Tools direcotry, which you tin it by clicking on Start and then click on Control panel.