virtual router on windows server 2016

Question

hello everyone, I am using windows server 2016 for my test environment I have applied the hyper-v replication and now I want to apply the extended replication to a remote site which has a different network so I need to use a router:
my question is: can I use the remote access role of windows server? if not, can you give me some solutions please.
thank you in advance.

Answer 1

You can follow along here.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/virtualization/hyper-v-replica-extend-replication/ba-p/382112

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Answer 2

can I use the remote access role of windows server?

You may be able to, but a hardware layer three device would be more suitable.
https://forsenergy.com/en-us/rras/html/f1ad3589-5afa-4c1d-be6b-b4d54654d7ea.htm

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Answer 3

so there is a possibility that it will not work.

Yes, it will work, but reliably may be another question.

do you have another solution that will surely work?

Yes, a layer 3 switch is a perfect solution for routing

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Answer 4

Hi ,

You can use Windows Server as a Network Router for communication across two Subnets or use hardware router.

If you have additional windows servers, you can set it as a RRAS server. If not, you can use hardware router for routing and networking.

Best Regards,
Candy

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Answer 5

Yes, if you're going to use windows as a router then recommended to stand up a separate instance for this role.

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