Routing and Remote Access Service


Service Name:  RemoteAccess Process Name:
 svchost.exe -k netsvcs
Safe to Disable:  Probably Recommended Setting:
 Disable


Offers routing services to businesses in local area and wide area network environments. Routing and Remote Access provides the ability to use the system as a router and NAT device, as a dialup access gateway, and as a VPN server. Remote users can perform their tasks as though they are actually physically connected to the corporate network. A remote access connection enables services such as file and print sharing to be available to remote users. Enables multiprotocol LAN-to-LAN, LAN-to-WAN, virtual private network (VPN), and network address translation (NAT) routing services for clients and servers on this network. Additionally, the Routing and Remote Access service also provides dial-up and VPN remote access services. Although Routing and Remote Access can use all the following protocols, the service typically uses only a subset of them.

Routing and Remote Access services will be unavailable.

Dependencies: NetBIOSGroup; Remote Procedure Call (RPC)


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