Follow-up from yesterday’s post; Addressing Wireless Remote Access Design Considerations, here on how to configure remote access policies for your wireless connections.

To enable wireless connections, you need a basic remote access policy to allow wireless users.This policy can restrict access to a group, require certificate-based authentication, and/or mandate a high level of encryption.You can use the following steps to create a policy for wireless access.

Create a Policy for Wireless Access

1. From the IAS or RRAS console, select Remote Access Policies in the left-hand column.

2. Select Action –> New Remote Access Policy from the menu.

3. A welcome message is displayed. Click Next to continue.

4. The Policy Configuration Method dialog box is displayed. Select Use the wizard to set up a typical policy and enter Wireless access in the policy name field. Click Next to continue.

5. The Access Method dialog box is displayed. Select Wireless and click Next.

6. The User or Group Access dialog box is displayed. Select Group and click Add. Enter Domain Admins and click OK, and then click Next.

7. You are prompted to choose an EAP type to allow. Select Smart card or other certificate and click Next.

8. A completion message is displayed. Click Finish to exit the wizard.

[tags]Remote Access Policy, Configure Wireless, Windows 2003[/tags]