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Configure Windows XP Professional to be a VPN server

By Dr. Thomas Shinder, Special to ZDNet Asia
Friday, August 23, 2002 12:01 PM

For the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO), Windows XP Professional VPN features are a real boon.

Traveling users with laptops or handheld computers will inevitably want files on the home network; you just can't bring everything with you. This is where the beauty of the Windows XP Professional computer connected to an always-on connection, such as DSL or cable modem, shines. That always-on link can be used to accept incoming VPN connections and allow your mobile users to access shared folders and files on your private network.

In this article, I’ll explain how to configure a Windows XP Professional computer to accept incoming VPN connections and discuss some tips on improving the remote access experience for the VPN client computer user.

Windows XP’s all-in-one VPN solution
Windows XP Professional is designed as the one-stop solution for the SOHO, taking all the usability features available to Windows Me users and adding the powerful networking features available in Windows 2000. The combination lets you create the ideal remote access solution for the SOHO.

The Windows XP Professional remote access server capabilities are very similar to those available in Windows 2000 Professional. A Windows XP computer can accept a single incoming connection on each interface that can accept a connection. For example, a Windows XP machine can accept incoming connections on each of the following interfaces:

Dial-up modem serial interface

Infrared interface

Parallel port interface

VPN interface

While it’s unlikely, a Windows XP Professional machine with the above configuration could conceivably accept up to four simultaneous RAS connections. However, the typical configuration consists of a single RAS client connection, either through a dial-up modem interface or a VPN interface.

Create an incoming connection with the New Connection Wizard
Like Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional includes a New Connection Wizard. I’ll show you how to use the New Connection Wizard to create the new VPN server interface. In this example, I’ll assume the Windows XP Professional machine is not a member of a Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 domain. The machine has two network interface cards; one is directly connected to the Internet, and the other is connected to the internal LAN. In addition, the external interface of the machine is configured for Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). While ICS changes the IP address of the LAN interface of the ICS computer to 192.168.0.1 through 16, it's easy to change the IP address to one that fits the existing network environment. The IP address of the LAN interface of the ICS computer was changed to 10.0.0.1 through 24 to fix the preexisting network configuration.

How to create the VPN server interface, step-by-step

1. Click Start | Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel, open the Network Connections applet.
3. In the Network Connections window (see Figure A), open the New Connection Wizard.

Figure A

The Network Connections window

4. On the Welcome To The New Connection Wizard page, click Next.
5. On the Network Connection Type page (see Figure B), select the Set Up An Advanced Connection option.

Figure B

On the Advanced Connection Options page (see Figure C), select the Accept Incoming Connections option and click Next.

Figure C

Configuring XP to accept incoming connections

7. On the Devices For Incoming Connections page (see Figure D), you can select optional devices on which you want to accept incoming connections.

Figure D

Note that you are not presented with any of the network interfaces on the computer.

8. On the Incoming Virtual Private Network (VPN) Connection page (see Figure E), select the Allow Virtual Private Connections option and click Next.

Figure E

9. On the User Permissions page (see Figure F), select the users that are allowed to make incoming VPN connections. Click Next.

Figure F

Any user that isn’t selected won’t be able to initiate an incoming connection.

10. On the Networking Software page (see Figure G), click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) entry and click the Properties button.

Figure G

Configuring TCP/IP properties

11. In the Incoming TCP/IP Properties dialog box (see Figure H), place a check mark in the Allow Callers To Access My Local Area Network check box. This will allow VPN callers to connect to other computers on the LAN. If this check box isn’t selected, VPN callers will only be able to connect to resources on the Windows XP VPN server itself. Click OK to return to the Networking Software page and then click Next.

Figure H

Granting LAN access to callers

12. On the Completing The New Connection Wizard page, click Finish to create the connection.

After the Incoming Connection is complete, right-click on the connection in the Network Connections window and select the Properties command (see Figure I).

Figure I

Accessing the properties of the VPN server link

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Very clear and concise explanation - however, I believe there is a small mistake. In Figure G - "File and Printer Sharing" is shown as selected - whilst the instructions above ask for "TCP/IP" to be selected!!
Posted by Thomas Cherian on Friday, October 11 2002 06:13 PM

Another mistake
He forgot to instruct how to improve security in the VPN. One way - Software VPN1 Power (firewall and VPN 2 in 1). oterh - VPN itself + Firewall (KIS, Black Ice, Zone Alarm, Sygate, Comodo (Brazilian),
Posted by Daniel on Wednesday, August 13 2008 11:26 PM

Very explainatory. I liked it Solved my problem right away.
Posted by Kedar on Wednesday, October 23 2002 04:44 AM

Question for u How can i allow for a user the incoming call previlege on WinXP?
Posted by BigBen on Friday, January 03 2003 05:00 AM

Is VPN Server only available in the Pro version? How about the home version.
Posted by John Wells on Wednesday, January 29 2003 05:30 AM

Do I need any external hardware like modem, phone line or ethernet adapter to connect my PC to a VPN server? If yes; what are the Hardware/Software requirements to setup my PC to a VPN server?
Posted by Hyacinth Nnamdi on Sunday, February 16 2003 06:55 PM

Mr
VPN server requires 2 network cards. 1st card connects to your broadband router. Configure the VPN settings on this one as above. 2nd Card connects to the rest of your internal network. Do not connect this back to your broadband router! you need to pass this VPN computer connection on to another switch or hub to access those machines you have connected to it. You can still plug machines directly onto your router, but you will not be able to access them by the VPN
Posted by anonymous on Saturday, May 31 2008 10:49 PM

ok heres a weird problem ... hardware all nodes (5) using xp pro on lan with cable modem (4100 motorola) smc 2404 wireless router (latest firmware loaded) with wireless disabled or enabled when I create a accept incomming connections my router starts (dhcp) asigning ip's all the way up to every free one in my group to a mac address thats not any nic on my lan it keeps duplicating the mac . I can turn off every node but one and create the incomming connection with the same results Im trying to set up a vpn server so I can access my lan from a copper connection remotly Ive open ports 1701,1723,500 on the router and set my vpn server to a static ip within the range of my dhcp but when I try to connect I get error 723 protocal not set error wich Im not sure is right I can use 2 different laptops and the other weird thing is it worked once and I could use remote desktop but never see any shared devices on the host . my setup is cable modem to router then to switch (which I disconnected) to elimate from picture router has 3 switched ports .only one nic in each box.
Posted by dave czerwinski on Sunday, March 02 2003 11:01 AM

I want to connect more than 1 PC thru VPN to my Win XP PC with cablemodem. How should I do? I´ll need to buy some third party product? Thanks
Posted by Maty on Thursday, March 06 2003 10:06 PM

Routers/NAT on both client and server ends, and I'm running into problems. First of all, are there any ports other than 1723, 137,138,139, 500, 50, or 51 required on the server-side router? Secondly, have any of you been able to get a VPN connection from the client even if it too is behind a router? Microsoft doesn't seem to think so (KB247231), but I've gotta think there's a better way. Thanks!
Posted by A.J. on Saturday, March 08 2003 03:18 AM

Well for the client behind a router there shouldnt be a problem for a pptp connection, but for the server behind a router the protocol 47 must be forwarded (your router has to support this). and tcp 1723 must be forwarded. the command for the protocol to be forwarded is: nat create protocol=47 inside_addr=(ip-address vpn server) outside_addr=0 this has to be typed in the cli interface (telnet) and this rule is for my router (ST510V4) for other routers i dont know.
Posted by kim on Monday, March 10 2003 06:02 PM

Probably the best way to do this would be to nix the router completely and use Internet Connection Sharing, the Firewall option, and have the XP machine sitting on the Internet. I have had problems with UDP 47 "translating" through any router with NAT running. Microsoft said that only Windows based NAT (ie. ISA Server, or ICS) will translate it right unless you get a third party NAT translation software that you can customize.
Posted by Tim Hodges on Tuesday, April 08 2003 01:50 PM

I can connect, but I still cannot see the any PC on the LAN. The VPN server is behind a router and I can ping the server but cannot see it on teh network either. Thanks
Posted by anonymous on Saturday, April 12 2003 06:53 AM

murat
i have changed the ip addresses on client and server side for the same problem.. now client addresses are such as 192.168.1.X and server addreses are such as 192.168.2.X that solved my pain..
Posted by murat gurer on Wednesday, August 20 2008 05:35 AM

Maybe you could add more about how to make it work if the server and/or client are behind routers/firewalls. Thanks.
Posted by dan on Sunday, April 20 2003 07:38 PM

What port do I need to open in my firewall to get this working?
Posted by anonymous on Friday, July 04 2003 07:04 PM

If a VPN server is directly connected to the internet, then it is very easy to setup. However, what if it's behind a router? How can I configure it?
Posted by MCM on Sunday, October 12 2003 10:20 AM

I can connect but i don't see any server when i'm connected. I'm not behind a firewall or something.
Posted by Felix on Friday, October 31 2003 11:40 PM

HI, did you get any further on finding out what ports to open up in order to allow incoming connections on an XP Pro box? I have tested this and failed so far - I only opened 1723 and not the rest in your notes (I will try this next). I would be grateful for any pointers that you might have.
Posted by Richard Scales on Monday, November 03 2003 03:54 PM

I have the same question.....please help...somebody.....anybody!
Posted by Imtiaz Virani on Tuesday, November 04 2003 04:51 AM

Oops! I thought the comment may link to the previous. Can anybody please tell me how I connect to my vpn server it it is behind a router? I'm using XP Pro and the DLink DI-624, just so you know.
Posted by Imtiaz Virani on Tuesday, November 04 2003 04:53 AM

How do you get files off of one computer to the host Instant Messenger will do this very same thing ?? How do I get the files
Posted by Arthuer on Wednesday, November 12 2003 02:44 AM

I have same problem too but I found solution for that. I connect VPN and map drive. here how you do it. right click on my Network --> Map Drive -- then put patch //computer name, map with Z: what ever you want. That does not work ..here link, go over may problem that you can't see network www.computing.net... Thank, pcworks-n-design.com
Posted by Bikash Thapa on Thursday, January 08 2004 02:58 PM

Does anyone know any 3rd Party Software that allows more than one VPN client to connect at the same time. I need VPN Server Software for a Windows XP Professional macine so that at least 5 systems can simultaneously connect to the same VPN Server over the internet
Posted by John Blizzard on Thursday, January 15 2004 01:44 AM

I'm also interested in finding out more about how to get an IP address for a computer behind a router/firewall. I've been looking for info like that and nobody seems to have anything "newbie" enough for me to start from scratch.
Posted by Hughe Jass on Friday, January 23 2004 04:40 AM

GOTOMYPC is a lot better and a lot easier and secure. You are basically sitting in front of the host computer from the remote computer. For more information, go to gotomypc.igolfpro.net
Posted by Tom on Saturday, January 31 2004 12:19 AM

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Posted by Joshi on Saturday, January 31 2004 11:23 AM

How would this work if you XP machine is behind a SOHO firewall/router
Posted by Zootie Chimp on Saturday, February 21 2004 03:32 AM

Wish I knew when you posted that, as I have no idea how outdated this may be- Presuming that the router/firewall is a NAT, the pc behind the router/firewall has it's ip assigned by the network it is a part of. The router/firewall has the ip that appears to the rest of the world on the internet, usually called the WAN IP address. The router/firewall must be set up to forward messages to it that it receives on one of it's ports to the appropriate pc, and more specifically, to the appropriate pc's ports, for you can switch them, though probably do not want to do so here. The forwarding is done through the router's software, and the area you want to address is either the virtual server or the application forwarding area, depending on the purpose.. Of course, if it isn't a NAT, then just print this out, make a paper airplane out of it and see how far it flies.
Posted by Bruce McCormick on Tuesday, March 02 2004 07:32 AM

If the VPN server is behind a router, Port Mapping will need to be done on the router. Standard port usage is 1723 & 47 for PPTP. Port usage for IPSec is 500, 50-51. These ports will have to be forwarded to the VPN server's IP
Posted by Bokomoko on Friday, March 05 2004 10:13 AM

I have followed all the instructions how do i now use the VPN
Posted by rohan narula on Tuesday, March 09 2004 12:41 AM

Router forward Ports are not working it is working when I opened all the port that is 1 - 65534 but I want to know the exect port which VPN client is requesting on ... could not find anything in Router's log ? Even after saying verifying user name and password VPN does not work ...
Posted by anonymous on Friday, March 12 2004 06:36 AM

What number would clients dial to connect to my vpn server?
Posted by Kyle on Saturday, March 13 2004 05:34 AM

GoToMyPC is more accurately a competitor to PCAnywhere. It is NOT a true VPN solution, and it also costs money to subscribe.
Posted by Phil on Friday, April 09 2004 09:35 AM

port 1723, you also need to enable protocol 47, pptp passthrough
Posted by Si on Thursday, April 29 2004 09:43 PM

www.microsoft.com... www.anvari.org...
Posted by Nobody on Wednesday, May 26 2004 07:28 AM

Thank you for the nice article. The VPN Server worked perfectly. The performance on dial up was also good. But I have some problems 1. I do not have a static IP for the VPN Server. Is there any free downloadable utility for fixing this up? 2. How do I impliment an L2TP VPN connection for this server? When I configure the XP Prof client to connect to this server with L2TP/IPsec the connection is denied by the server with a message that the Security setting on the Server prevents this connection Please advice and help somebody........
Posted by Unmesh Deshpande on Wednesday, June 16 2004 04:32 PM

Your 1st question: dynamic ip. Try this: www.dyndns.org
Posted by Nino on Friday, June 18 2004 04:20 AM

For IPsec, are ports UDP or TCP ?
Posted by Teddy on Monday, July 26 2004 11:48 AM

After 3 or 4 minutes of idle connection, the client and server don´t ping each other, but the connection is still active. solutions?
Posted by Mau on Tuesday, September 14 2004 04:51 AM

The problem is the moment you create the Dial-in coonection, you loose outbound internet access - it seems to put filters in place, almost like you are setting up a RRAS connection in Win2k Server..
Posted by anonymous on Friday, October 22 2004 02:47 AM

someone know how to vpn thru router if so i need some help. email me
Posted by kirby on Saturday, December 04 2004 07:58 AM

Your instructions are very thorough ... but, I suspect you run WinXP SP1. At the moment, the VPN Server capability in SP2 is incapable of accepting incoming connections. Anyone else tried this on SP2?
Posted by HarvMan on Wednesday, December 08 2004 09:26 PM

Followed your tutorial, but get stuck at the point before you check wat interafce is used. I get a service error stating the Routing and Remote Access service can't be started because there are missing dependencies. In particular I seem to be missing the NetBiosGroup service. I can't find out how to install that service..... Any suggestions
Posted by Raoul on Friday, December 10 2004 09:15 PM

Then you would have to use NAT or PAT, witch allows you to forward given ports to a spesific computer on the inside of your router. If your computer has IP-address 192.168.0.10, you must forward port 1723 (that is the default VPN port, I think?) to 192.168.0.10 You must allso remeber to open port 1723 in your Firewall if you have one..
Posted by Proxer on Thursday, January 06 2005 09:11 PM

Can this be used to share your DSL connection to a dial-up user? Is it possible to share your DSL connection such that a a user can dial-up to you and also surf the web or use internet resources. Please help me =) I am also willing to use third party software if there is any. Thanks
Posted by Manuel Vergel on Sunday, January 09 2005 10:12 AM

under the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport under your connection properties, change the internal network number to something other than all zeros.
Posted by Arell on Tuesday, January 11 2005 01:35 AM

L2tp connection not run. Can someone help me. error IKE: 792 Timeout connection In Event Viewer IKE security association negotiation failed. Mode: Key Exchange Mode (Main Mode) Filter: Source IP Address 192.168.60.1 Source IP Address Mask 255.255.255.255 Destination IP Address 192.168.60.131 Destination IP Address Mask 255.255.255.255 Protocol 0 Source Port 0
Posted by mark on Wednesday, January 26 2005 11:47 PM

Very nice and concise. A Couple of small corrections: In Figure G - "File and Printer Sharing" is shown as selected - whilst the instructions above ask for "TCP/IP" to be selected. GoToMyPc is more of a PCAnywhere/Access Anywhere alternative (See here for details on the specs) as it goes via its own gateway. See also www.microsoft.com...
Posted by John Hubert on Wednesday, February 16 2005 09:57 PM

Can someone please kindly confirm that it is not possible to receive incoming connections on a LAN interface? I ask as I am using ADSL via a network card.
Posted by Dean J on Tuesday, March 01 2005 07:13 PM

Can some one confirm me that using WINXP VPN Server , DO I need to install two network card to access my Internel network(LAN) for VPN client.
Posted by S Khan on Wednesday, July 06 2005 03:42 PM

How do you change the default ports to some other number On the VPN server and then on the client?
Posted by anonymous on Tuesday, August 09 2005 05:41 AM

:-)
Posted by anonymous on Wednesday, September 28 2005 07:21 AM

:-)
Posted by anonymous on Thursday, September 29 2005 09:45 PM

WORKS GREAT.
Posted by Rick on Tuesday, November 22 2005 09:06 AM

GoToMyPC is NOWHERE NEAR as secure as a VPN PPTP tunnel. All data is encrypted in the tunnel, so no one will decrypt what you are sending, unless they can access your tunnel. GoToMyPC is for those who don't want to use PC anywhere for remote desktop, and in this era where you can use dyndns.org and Windows built-in remote desktop, I see no reason to pay someone so I can access my files remotely.
Posted by anonymous on Saturday, December 10 2005 03:12 AM

Hi, I'm working the same problem. It seems Windows XP Pro will only accept one connection at a time. I am researching and experimenting. I will keep you posted, maybe we can collaborate and figure this out. James
Posted by James Thompson on Monday, January 16 2006 11:39 PM

Grouch
"I'm working the same problem. It seems Windows XP Pro will only accept one connection at a time. I am researching and experimenting. I will keep you posted, maybe we can collaborate and figure this out." Hi Did anyone figure out why XP Pro will only allow one connection at a time? I can get one PC to connect via a VPN, but the other fails if the first is connected. Then the other PC can connect and first one fails. So it appears that it will allow only one connection at a time? Thanks
Posted by Grouch on Thursday, July 24 2008 07:47 PM

Depending on your router. Youll need to get to your "port forwarding" page and forward port "1723" TCP to your desired ipaddress. That's it.! Be sure to forward the same port in the WINDOWS XP firewall too..and any other software firewall you may be running. GRIPPED BY THE KING OF KINGS - JESUS CHRIST.
Posted by Francois on Wednesday, January 25 2006 10:25 AM

Connecting 2 computers and a printer... I just tried connecting my new officejet 7210 series to my network. i ran the setup on both computers and I had them both printing. but then when i restarted the computer, i get an error message when i'm trying to print, saying that the VPN isn't allowing the printer to print. i uess i have to set up a VPN? also, when i run the network set-up wizard on both computers, i'm only able to share files up until i reboot... after that, i have to run the network set-up wizard again. can someone please help? thanks!!
Posted by Steven Muraglia on Saturday, February 04 2006 05:50 AM

yes it is possible to receive incoming connections on ADSL but, you would require a leased line for doing so, your ISP will be able to help you better with this.
Posted by babar mughal on Sunday, February 05 2006 07:29 PM

VPN server is avalable in pro and home versions of windows XP. No differance as far as I know.
Posted by mrkaras on Sunday, March 12 2006 06:57 PM

I set up the VPN server but when I got to chane a users password by double clicking incoming connections >> Clicking Users Tab >> Slecting the User >> Properties then changing the password and confirming it. Then I click ok. But when I go to log in it says the new password is wrong and I check on the users password and its a longer password then I typed I even tried typing the word ONE as my password and then when I went back it came up as a 14 character password. PLEASE HELP!!
Posted by Dj on Saturday, April 22 2006 07:12 AM

Troll or Bot? What are you? Your reply/comment tells it all.
Posted by anonymous on Friday, May 05 2006 11:52 PM

Uninstall your 'client for microsoft networks' in your Local Area connection in Network connections. Reboot your PC and then reinstall this client - you then have to manually start your Routing and Remote access service and it will then let you create an incoming connection.
Posted by Steve Micklewright on Tuesday, June 06 2006 06:55 PM

Having installed the VPN server, I found a while later that my CPU usage had gone up, to the point I had to reboot the computer. (It took a while to manage that under the load.) Later, I cured the problem without a reboot useing "net stop RemoteAccess" to stop the svchost process from using all the CPU. Has anyone else had the problem, or know a cure?
Posted by Philip on Thursday, June 08 2006 04:50 AM

Hi, I've tried to set-up XP pro in our office to accept incoming connections, I've also set our Belkin router to forward ports 1701 & 1723, Belkin say the router supports VPN, but everytime I try to connect it does try to verify use name + password but hten fails with error 781. ANy ideas please?
Posted by Norm on Thursday, June 08 2006 06:00 PM

XP (Both Home and Pro) add extra characters in the password box to make it more secure. There must be another reason why the password doesn't work.
Posted by Mark Dant on Friday, June 09 2006 10:50 PM

Forget the network setup wizard - it assigns stange IP addresses. Just used fixed IP addresses which are in your available range used by the DHCP on your router or use say 192.168.1.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.1.2 with the same subnet mask. Go to start/run and type cmd in the box and press enter. type ping 192.168.1.2 or whatever the other machine is and check your get 4 replies. Do the same on the other machine changing the addresses respectively and your network should work. Not sure why you get the VPN message though.
Posted by Mark Dant on Friday, June 09 2006 11:41 PM

Go to the link below and see if this might work for you. I've been using this to allow multiple remote desktop connections for some time.
Posted by Al Henry on Wednesday, August 30 2006 11:47 AM

set up the VPN server but when I got to chane a users password by double clicking incoming connections >> Clicking Users Tab >> Selecting the User >> Properties then changing the password and confirming it. Then I click ok. But when I go to log in it says the new password is wrong and I check on the users password and its a longer password then I typed I even tried typing the word ONE as my password and then when I went back it came up as a 14 character password. How can i get rid or change that 14 character password??
Posted by anonymous on Friday, September 15 2006 01:48 AM

Do all machines on a VPN need a static IP addres, or just the server?
Posted by Scott VS on Saturday, January 20 2007 11:56 PM

While attempting to configure VPN I am encountering problems during Figure C selection of "Accept Incoming Connections". The terminal window stops responding and kills the setup. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Posted by Kevin on Tuesday, February 20 2007 02:28 AM

Hi all, first of all thanks in your advices... Next, i am having similar problem when i try to connect two LANs over ADSL and two routers (Siemens SE555 and ZyXel Prestige 660)...I only know that i need fix ip address so i created an account on "DynDNS.org" and installed their update IP software on both sides so that my IP constantly updated...when i try to ping one of the addreses that i got from dyndns (for example..user.dyndns.org) nothing happens... Question: does anybody know what i need to so that i can see PCs on both locations?? p.s.if there is some good soul that can help me contact me on my mail.. Thusands of thanks in advance...regards.
Posted by Dalibor Luksic on Thursday, March 29 2007 07:21 PM

Hi, I set up the VPN on my machine. tested it. I also created VPN group for users and a few users. Now since i saw this work. My question is can Windows XP allow more then 1 user to connect over VPN (using Internet). I would need at least 10 or more ports open for VPN. My use for VPN is to connet branch offices. Thank you.
Posted by Andrej Pintar on Tuesday, April 17 2007 04:29 AM

I have setup my windows xp pro pc as a vpn server i was able to make a vpn connection to my windows xp pro vpn server from a windows xp pro client pc the problem iam having is i cannot see the windows xp pro vpn server pc from my network places from the client pc.
Posted by anonymous on Thursday, May 10 2007 08:32 PM

Anyone know what the heck tshinder and dshinder mean? Microsoft doesn't explain, and I get no hits on Google.
Posted by michael Munson on Sunday, July 29 2007 04:43 AM

tshinder and dshinder are Windows User ID's. They are probably first initial and last name of two users with the same last name, such as T. Shinder and D Shinder.
Posted by Keith McKeand on Friday, August 31 2007 07:44 PM

hi ther. how do i get to have more than one incoming connetion at the same time?
Posted by philip chester on Friday, October 12 2007 05:31 PM

device not shown on list- Please help
I have a combined adsl modem oruter connecting to my pc only via a rj45 cat 5e network cable and it doesn;t show in the "devices for incoming connections" list. What can I do?
Posted by Ian on Friday, February 15 2008 05:52 AM

hi there
Suppose that you are trying to design a network that would be a suitable for a company that is located in several building scattered around a town. No building is more than a mile from another building, but direct wire connections between all building are not possible due to rods, houses, and other obstacles . propose a network configuration for this company, and justify your proposal.
Posted by omar on Monday, April 07 2008 10:05 PM

L2TP multiple site using VPN gateways
hI omar, to solve your problem, you may setup L2TP VPN enabled routers that can connect to one another. With static IP connection on each sites, you can configure the router to communicate with one another and create a link.
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Posted by anonymous on Monday, March 02 2009 06:48 PM

RE: hi there
Omar here is a perfect example odf a student trying to cheat and get other people to do his work for him. Omar, I had the same question, worded EXACTLY the same way on a module scenario for my A-Levels.
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