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TunnelVision
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Please Note: The recommended setting for "fully meshed" mode is for it to be enabled.
5.
Leave the Address of Master Server field empty (since the Master server does not initiate
connections).
6.
Enter a password that the server and client will use to prove to each other that they are
trusted.
7.
Re-enter the password to ensure it was entered correctly.
8.
Click on the Save Changes button.
Configuring a TunnelVision Client
A the recommended setting doesn’t need a static IP address to act as a TunnelVision client,
but it needs to know the static IP address of the master server. To find this information, select
Local from the Network Settings menu on the master server. On the screen that displays,
click on the Advanced... button. Then look at the address assigned to eth1 .
1.
Select VPN from the Network Setup menu on the left side of any WebConfig screen. The
VPN Setup screen displays:
2.
Leave the default Enable PPTP Server setting.
3.
Select Yes in the Enable Tunnel Vision section of the screen.
4.
In the Tunnel Vision: Use Fully Meshed Mode? box, select Yes if you are running Tunnel
Vision in a Fully Meshed mode, and No if you are running it in a Non-Meshed mode.
Please Note: If you enable TunnelVision to work in "fully meshed" mode, then your server can learn
about other servers on the VPN by exchanging information through the Master Server. Then each
server will make connections directly to each of the other VPN-connected servers directly, as
needed, without needing to go through the master.