UAG DirectAccess–Guess the Device in the Request/Response Path

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imageTake a look at the figures below and see if you can guess what device is in the request/response path that you don’t typically see a UAG DirectAccess deployment.

First, the ipconfig output on a DirectAccess client located behind a NAT device:

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Figure 1

Now let’s ping DC1:

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Figure 2

Now let’s do a tracert from CLIENT1 and DC1:

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Figure 3

With this information you should be able to figure out what the “novel” device is in the path between CLIENT1 and DC1. If you know, then consider yourself pretty well-versed with IPv6 addressing. If you don’t know, then here’s a great opportunity to learn something new!

UPDATE!

Now take a look at figures 4 and 5 and determine what device was removed from the path:

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Figure 4

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Figure 5

Think about the solutions and put your answer in the comments section. Give your reasoning. I’ll post the answer and a network diagram of the solution tomorrow.

Have fun!

Tom

Tom Shinder
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Principal Knowledge Engineer, Microsoft DAIP iX/Forefront iX
UAG Direct Access/Anywhere Access Group (AAG)
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