How do I enable PPP logging in Windows 2000?

A. It you are using Point-to-Point Protocol and wish to debug its possible to enable logging as follows:

To enable logging on a server box:

1. Start the Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS) tool in Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
2. In the left pane, right-click the RRAS server for which you want to enable logging, and then click Properties.
3. Click the Event Logging tab.
4. Click to select the Enable Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) logging check box.

On the Windows 2000 Professional machine:

1. Open a command prompt window on the RRAS server for which you want to enable logging.
2. Type the following command, pressing ENTER after each command:
   netsh 
   ras 
   set tracing PPP enable 

All PPP activity to the Ppp/log file in the %systemroot%\tracing\ folder. This uses quite a lot of resource so make sure you disable once you have logged the required data.

1. Open a command prompt window on the RRAS server for which you want to disable logging.
2. Type the following command, pressing ENTER after each command:
   netsh 
   ras 
   set tracing PPP disabled

This can also be set via the registry:

1. Start the registry editor (Regedit.exe)
2. Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\PPP
3. Set EnableConsoleTracing (for Win2k Server) or EnableFileTracing (for Win2k Prof) to 1
4. Close the registry editor

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