RRAS Hotfix Update 1.0 Release Notes

ID: Q159573

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server
Microsoft Routing & Remote Access Service Update for Windows NT Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

This article contains a copy of the Routing and Remote Access Upgrade for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Hotfix Update 1.0 Release Notes. Routing and Remote Access Upgrade for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Hotfix Update 1.0 is available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/commserv/exec/feature/routing.asp

NOTE: Because the Microsoft Web site is constantly updated, the site address may change without notice. If this occurs, link to the Microsoft home page at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/

MORE INFORMATION

Please use this document to address questions which may arise during the installation of this hotfix for the Routing and Remote Access Upgrade for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server.

1.0 INFORMATION ON INSTALLING THIS UPDATE

This hotfix requires that you already have the Routing and Remote Access Service Upgrade for Windows NT 4.0 Server installed on your system. There are no other requirements to install this hotfix. The Routing and Remote Access Service Upgrade can be found at:

http://www.microsoft.com/backoffice/downloads/moreinfo/rasup.asp

This hotfix is packaged in an auto-install format. Double-click the executable name or type the executable name at a command prompt to install it. For this hotfix, type rrasfixi.exe for x86 platforms or rrasfixa.exe for Alpha platforms.

The files can also be extracted from the hotfix without installing them. To do this, copy the hotfix to a temporary directory, and type rrasfixi /x or rrasfixa /x at a command prompt (without the quotation marks). After extracting the files, the hotfix can be installed by typing hotfix at a command prompt (without the quotation marks).

The files that are replaced on your computer when installing this hotfix are copied into a directory called $NtUninstallQ159573$ under your Windows NT 4.0 install directory.

The symbol files are available in the downloadable files named "rrassymi.exe" for x86 platforms or "rrassyma.exe" for Alpha platforms (without the quotation marks).

2.0 NEW FEATURES ADDED IN THIS UPDATE

2.1 Allowing PPP clients to connect without authentication

Setting this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rasman\PPP\ForceEncryptedPassword

to (DWORD) 3 allows the server to accept incoming PPP clients without authentication.

2.2 Using MS-CHAP with Radius authentication

In order to enable MS-CHAP with RADIUS authentication, you must add a registry value of:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rasman\PPP\CHAP\OfferMSCHAP

and set it to (DWORD) 1. Once this is enabled every incoming PPP connection will be offered MS-CHAP, and MS-CHAP will be used to authenticate each PPP user against the Radius server that your RAS server is using.

3.0 LIST OF ISSUES FIXED IN THIS UPDATE

All bug fixes contained in this hotfix are listed below. You can query the Microsoft Knowledge Base to find an article about a specific bug by using the Qxxxxxx number that is assigned to the bug. The Microsoft Knowledge Base can be found on the Microsoft Web site at:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/

Q172290 Routing and Remote Access "Out of Buffers" Event Logs
Q176689 RRAS Requires hotfix when Using Proxy 2.0
Q173533 WinNT Radius Client Sends Incomplete Accounting Information
Q176506 Radius Accounting Only Logs One Entry for Multilink Client
Q173532 Radius Authentication Causes Access Violation in Mprouter.exe
Q172512 Routing and Remote Access Event ID 20100
Q176502 RAS Authentication Rechallenge Resets Compression Flag
Q176209 RAS or RRAS Server Fails to Answer Incoming Calls
Q167038 RAS Clients Run Winsock and RPC Applications Slowly
Q171061 RIP Does Not Advertise Zero Subnets
Q160517 RRAS May Decrement Local Static Route Metric
Q176082 RRAS Server Updates Link State Database but not Route Table
Q162834 RRAS Stops Routing After Encountering Zero Checksum
Q104296 RRAS Uses Larger MTU Than Other OSPF Routers

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