Rasdial command in Window server 2008
In this article I am going to explain about rasdial command in Window server 2008 operating system.
Rasdial command in Window Server 2008
The rasdial command is used to connects or disconnects a dial-up or virtual private network(VPN) connections, if you run the command without parameters, the status of current network is displayed.
Syntax of rasdial command
| rasdial entryname [username [password|*]] [/domain:<domain>] [/phone:<phonenumber>] [/callback:<callbacknumber>] [/phonebook:<phonebookfile>] [/PrefixSuffix] |
Parameters in rasdial command
There are the following parameter in the rasdial command:
| Parameter |
Description |
| entryname |
It specifies an entry in the current .pbk file, located in the systemroot\system32\Ras folder, It required when connecting to a phone book(.pbk) entry. |
| username [password|*]] |
It specifies a user name and password with which to connect. If you are using *(symbol), the characters typed do not display. |
| /domain:domain |
It specifies the domain in which user account is located. |
| /phone:phonenumber |
It specifies the phone number for the entry phone number in resphone.pbk. |
| /callback:callbacknumber |
It specifies callback number for the entry callback number in resphone.pbk. |
| /phonebook:phonebookfile |
It specifies the path of the phone book file. |
| /PrefixSuffix |
It applies the current TAPI location dialing setting to the phone number. |
Example of rasdial command
The first command is used for connects to the office entry in resphone:pbk and second command is used for connects to the office 2 entry in Resphone.pbk and also specifies callback number:
rasdial office // first command
rasdial "office 2" /callback:555:0100 //second command |
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