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Do I need the Remote Access Server installed for Windows Server if I want to set up NetModem?

April 26, 2017installed netmodem remote server Windows

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Do I need the Remote Access Server installed for Windows Server if I want to set up NetModem?

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Windows Server (And Windows RAS) are not required for NetModem to operate. If RAS is installed on the NetModem Server PC, NetModem Server will allow modems to be pooled both by RAS (for Dial-In) and by NetModem Server (for Dial-Out). Each time a client requests a modem, NetModem Server will ask RAS if a modem is currently in use, and if RAS says its available, NetModem Server will borrow that modem from RAS, returning it to RAS’s use after the client is finished with it. NetModem Server functions equally well under Windows XP Pro as it does on Windows Server 2003. If NetModem Server is running under Windows XP Home Edition on a networked domain, it will be unable to authenticate with an Active Directory Server. It will run fine on XP Home Edition if the user authentication is either done locally on the NetModem Server PC, or if authenticateion is disabled..