Auto Connection VPN between 2003 Server and PIX

I have been manually establishing a VPN connection on one of our Windows
Server 2003 Ent computers to a remote office. The Remote office has a PIX
configured to accept incoming connection so that a connection can be mapped
to a server and then data then copied to the corporate office. Currently
there is no probem manually doing this yet now I need this process to be
automated so that it can run at 1:00 am every morning. How can I get the
Serer 2003 VPN connection to establish itself daily at 12:30 am without my
having log in? I have looked around for a document that might provide me
with a step-by-step method of accomplishing and so far no luck.

Thanks,
Steve

Use the rasdial command.

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have been manually establishing a VPN connection on one of our Windows
>Server 2003 Ent computers to a remote office. The Remote office has a PIX
>configured to accept incoming connection so that a connection can be mapped
>to a server and then data then copied to the corporate office. Currently
>there is no probem manually doing this yet now I need this process to be
>automated so that it can run at 1:00 am every morning. How can I get the
>Serer 2003 VPN connection to establish itself daily at 12:30 am without my
>having log in? I have looked around for a document that might provide me
>with a step-by-step method of accomplishing and so far no luck.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>

Steve <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have been manually establishing a VPN connection on one of our
> Windows Server 2003 Ent computers to a remote office. The Remote
> office has a PIX configured to accept incoming connection so that a
> connection can be mapped to a server and then data then copied to the
> corporate office. Currently there is no probem manually doing this
> yet now I need this process to be automated so that it can run at
> 1:00 am every morning. How can I get the Serer 2003 VPN connection to
> establish itself daily at 12:30 am without my having log in? I have
> looked around for a document that might provide me with a
> step-by-step method of accomplishing and so far no luck.
> Thanks,
> Steve

OT ....but ideally, your VPN connection should really be handled by another
compatible router/firewall on your own LAN, and not via a VPN client running
on your server.