Configuring an IAS Server

If you want to provide wireless access for devices such as laptops and PDAs, you can simplify administration by adding an Internet Authentication Service (IAS) server to your intranet. By adding an IAS server, you add centralized connection authentication, authorization, and accounting to your network. The IAS server allows you to use one server to monitor connection attempts, review logs, and administer policies.

Although the configuration and maintenance of wireless devices and IAS servers is beyond the general scope of this guide, it includes some basic configuration steps for the remote access portions of IAS management for your convenience.

• Install and configure Internet Authentication Service
  1. Click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Add or Remove Programs, and click Add/Remove Windows Components.
  2. Click Networking Services, and click Details.
  3. Select the Internet Authentication Service check box, and finish the wizard.
  4. Click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and double-click Internet Authentication Service.
  5. Right-click Internet Authentication Service, and then click Register Server in Active Directory. When the Register Internet Authentication Server in Active Directory dialog box appears, click OK. When the Server registered dialog box appears, click OK.
  6. In the console tree, right-click RADIUS Clients, and then click New RADIUS Client.
  7. On the Name and Address page of the New RADIUS Client wizard, type the name of the remote access server in Friendly name, type the IP address of the remote access server in Client address (IP or DNS), and then click Next.
  8. On the Additional Information page, type the same shared secret for the remote access server in both Shared secret and in Confirm shared secret.
  9. Click Finish.