Internet Authentication Services Readme

Before installing this product, please review this entire document and read Microsoft Internet Authentication Server (IAS) Administration Guide. The document contains critical information for ensuring proper installation and use of the product.

Important   This readme contains important, late-breaking information about this product.

Beta 3 Customers: Important! Your configuration information, stored in Adminui.mdb will be left alone. This release will use a new file _Adminui.mdb. To ensure the safety of your current data please copy Adminui.mdb to another location.

Known Issues with Internet Authentication Services

• In the setup program, Internet Authentication Service appears as a subcomponent of Internet Connection Services for Remote Access Services under Windows NT4.0 Option Pack. You will have to enable the Internet Authentication Service checkbox to install this service.
• If you are installing IAS for the first time, the IAS cannot start until it is configured using the Internet Authentication Service Properties administration tool.
  
  To configure the Internet Authentication Service:
  1. Click Start, point to Programs, then point to Windows NT 4.0 Options Pack, then point to Microsoft Internet Information Server, and then click Internet Service Manager. The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) appears.
  2. In MMC's left pane, double-click IIS, and then double click the local machine name. Below that machine, the RADIUS service appears.
  3. Right-click RADIUS, and then click Properties
  4. Configure the server, and then click OK or Apply to save the changes.
• Some Network Access Servers do not support passwords of greater than 16 bytes when using Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) from the client. Microsoft cannot guarantee that passwords longer than 16 bytes will authenticate correctly with all access equipment.
• IAS will support either the Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Microsoft CHAP (similar to the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)). A future release will include CHAP support as well.
• If you uninstall Microsoft® Access 97 or Visual Basic® from a computer running Phone Book Administrator, you must reinstall Phone Book Adminstrator after the uninstallation is finished.
• To uninstall IAS:
  1. Start Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack Setup, then click Next, and then click Add/Remove.
  2. In the Components list, click Remote Access Services, and then click Show Subcomponents.
  3. Select Internet Authentication Services, then click the check box to clear it.
  4. Click OK, then click Next, and then follow the directions on the screen.
  5. When Setup has finished removing IAS, restart your computer.
• To reinstall IAS:
  1. Start Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack Setup, the click Next, and then click Add/Remove.
  2. In the Components list, click Remote Access Services, and then click Show Subcomponents.
  3. Click the Internet Authentication Services check box.
  4. Click OK, then click Next, and then follow the directions on the screen.
  5. When Setup has finished installing IAS, restart your computer.

For More Information

For information on using the Internet Authentication Server, read the Microsoft Internet Authentication Server (IAS) Administration Guide.