Event ID 20256 — RAS Connection
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
A server running Routing and Remote Access provides two different types of remote access connectivity: virtual private networking (VPN) and dial-up networking. VPN is the creation of secured, point-to-point connections across a private network or a public network, such as the Internet. A VPN client uses special TCP/IP-based protocols called tunneling protocols to make a virtual call to a virtual port on a VPN server. In dial-up networking, a remote access client makes a nonpermanent, dial-up connection to a physical port on a remote access server by using the service of a telecommunications provider, such as analog phone or ISDN. In contrast to dial-up networking, VPN is always a logical, indirect connection between the VPN client and the VPN server over a public network, such as the Internet.
Event Details
Product: | Windows Operating System |
ID: | 20256 |
Source: | RemoteAccess |
Version: | 6.0 |
Symbolic Name: | ROUTERLOG_PASSWORD_EXPIRED_COID |
Message: | The password for user: %1\%2 connected on port: %3 has expired. The line has been disconnected. |
Resolve
Reset password
To perform these procedures, you must have membership in Administrators, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.
Reset a password for a local user account
To reset a password for a local user account:
- Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
- In the console tree, click Users (console tree location: Computer Management/System Tools/Local Users and Groups/Users).
- In the details pane, right-click the user name, and then click Set Password.
- Read the warning message, and if you want to continue, click Proceed.
- In New password and in Confirm password, type a new password, and then click OK.
Reset a password for a domain user account on a member server
To reset a password for a domain user account when you are on a member server or a workstation that is joined to the domain:
- Open Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then press ENTER.
- On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click Add.
- Click Active Directory Users and Computers, and then click Add.
- Click Close, and then click OK.
- In the console tree, click Users (console tree location: Active Directory Users and Computers/domain name/Users).
- In the details pane, right-click the user name, and then click Reset Password.
- In New password and Confirm password, type a new password, and then click OK.
Reset a password for a domain user account on a domain controller
To reset a password for a domain user account when you are on a domain controller:
- Open Active Directory Users and Computers. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
- In the console tree, click Users (console tree location: Active Directory Users and Computers/domain name/Users).
- In the details pane, right-click the user name, and then click Reset Password.
- In New password and Confirm password, type a new password, and then click OK.
Verify
To verify that the remote access server can accept connections, establish a remote access connection from a client computer.
To create a VPN connection:
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Network and Internet, click Network and Sharing Center, and then click Set up a connection or network.
- Click Connect to a workplace, and then click Next.
- Complete the steps in the Connect to a Workplace wizard.
To connect to a remote access server:
- In Network and Sharing Center, click Manage network connections.
- Double-click the VPN connection, and then click Connect.
- Verify that the connection was established successfully.