Multiple VPN connections batch setup / backup

I have searched through the Internet for information on how to
backup/copy the Windows 2000 VPN-connections. By doing a little research
myself I found out that the data are stored in ntuser.dat in binary
format, which I can't use for anything.

What I would like to know is how I may back up my 80+ VPN connections
for restoring them at a later time after a re-install or simply a crash.

If someone knows how to create VPN-connections with a script, that will
also be helpful.

For the curious I am working at a company making booking-systems and
optionally acting as an IT-partner. We have approximately 200 hotels to
support and with almost half of these we connect with a standard
VPN-connection and use remote-control software to maintain our software
installations.

As we are several workstations supporting these hotels, I am trying to
centralize the maintenance of these connections. This simplifies
installations of Windows and the update of connection information.

Whether it is a script, backup/copy-procedure, application (which
handles Windows 2000/XP VPN-connections), or anything that may solve
this scenario is of interest.

Thank you in advance
Bo Stig Christensen
AK Techotel A/S, Denmark

I am thinking to use the netsh. chekc this page that may give some tips.

how to backup/restore filter settings
netsh routing ip dump > backup_filter_list.txt To restore, netsh exec
backup_filter_list.txt Hope this helps. Related Topics. VPN Browsing Issues ...
www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn15.htm

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
"Bo Stig Christensen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
I have searched through the Internet for information on how to backup/copy the Windows 2000 VPN-connections. By doing a little research myself I found out that the data are stored in ntuser.dat in binary format, which I can't use for anything.

What I would like to know is how I may back up my 80+ VPN connections for restoring them at a later time after a re-install or simply a crash.

If someone knows how to create VPN-connections with a script, that will also be helpful.

For the curious I am working at a company making booking-systems and optionally acting as an IT-partner. We have approximately 200 hotels to support and with almost half of these we connect with a standard VPN-connection and use remote-control software to maintain our software installations.

As we are several workstations supporting these hotels, I am trying to centralize the maintenance of these connections. This simplifies installations of Windows and the update of connection information.

Whether it is a script, backup/copy-procedure, application (which handles Windows 2000/XP VPN-connections), or anything that may solve this scenario is of interest.

Thank you in advance
Bo Stig Christensen
AK Techotel A/S, Denmark

No I'm sorry..... There's nothing about it. I'm no Einstein at
networking, though I wouldn't say I'm without potential
I have been googling, experimenting and all kind of things, but it
doesn't work. There's nothing about VPN-connections.

Thank you anyway though.

/Bo

Robert L [MS-MVP] wrote:

> I am thinking to use the netsh. chekc this page that may give some tips.
>
> how to backup/restore filter settings
> <http://www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn15.htm>
> *netsh* routing ip dump > backup_filter_list.txt To restore, *netsh* exec
> backup_filter_list.txt Hope this helps. Related Topics. *VPN* Browsing
> Issues *...*
> www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/*vpn*15.htm
> <http://www.chicagotech.net/Q&A/vpn15.htm>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>
> "Bo Stig Christensen" <(E-Mail Removed) <private.php?do=newpm&u=>>
> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have searched through the Internet for information on how to
> backup/copy the Windows 2000 VPN-connections. By doing a little
> research myself I found out that the data are stored in ntuser.dat
> in binary format, which I can't use for anything.
>
> What I would like to know is how I may back up my 80+ VPN
> connections for restoring them at a later time after a re-install
> or simply a crash.
>
> If someone knows how to create VPN-connections with a script, that
> will also be helpful.
>
> For the curious I am working at a company making booking-systems
> and optionally acting as an IT-partner. We have approximately 200
> hotels to support and with almost half of these we connect with a
> standard VPN-connection and use remote-control software to
> maintain our software installations.
>
> As we are several workstations supporting these hotels, I am
> trying to centralize the maintenance of these connections. This
> simplifies installations of Windows and the update of connection
> information.
>
> Whether it is a script, backup/copy-procedure, application (which
> handles Windows 2000/XP VPN-connections), or anything that may
> solve this scenario is of interest.
>
> Thank you in advance
> Bo Stig Christensen
> AK Techotel A/S, Denmark
>