Turn your Server in to a Virtual Router – Hyer-V/VMWare

We can use windows Server 2003 as a router by doing few simple steps. I am using Hyper-V Manager to do this demo.

You should add multiple network adapters to your Windows 2003 server as your number of subnets. In this setup I configure to route through only two subnets.

192.168.0.0/24
192.168.1.0/24

Let’s start the configuration.

Assign IP Addresses to each network card. 192.168.0.254 – This will be the Default Gateway of your servers which are in 192.168.0.0/24

192.168.1.254 – This will be the Default Gateway of your servers which are in 192.168.1.0/24

Add or Remove Role.

Choose Remote Access / VPN Server

Click Next.

Choose Custom Configuration.

Choose LAN routing.

The Routing and Remote Access Service will be started.

Click Finish to exit from the wizard.

You can open Routing and Remote Access window by going to Start – Administrative Tools – Routing and Remote Access

Now you should assign 192.168.1.254/192.168.0.254 as your gateway in the servers. And as shown in below image the ping will be successful.

Now you should assign 192.168.1.254/192.168.0.254 as your gateway in the servers. And as shown in below image the ping will be successful.