}
(1) Creating the PPTP Dial-up Connection
a)
Go to
Start
>
Setti
ngs >
Control Panel
,
and select the
Switch to Category View
.
b)
Select
the
Network and Internet Connections.
c)
Select the
Create
a
connection to the network at my workplace
.
d)
Select the
Virtual Private Network connection
option, and then click the
Next
button.
e)
Enter a name for the connection (
PPTP
in this example) in the
Company
Name
text box
, and then click the
Next
button.
f)
Select the
Do not dial the initial connection
option, and then click the
Next
button.
g) E
nter the remote PPTP server’s IP address (
200.200.202.123
in this example) in the
Host name or IP address
text box, and then click the
Next
button.
h)
Click the
Finish
button.
i)
Double click the new connection
PPTP
, and click the
Properties
button.
j)
Select the
Security
tab, select the
Advanced
(custom settings)
option and click
the
Settings
button.
k)
Select
Optional Encryption (connect even
if
no encryption)
from
the
Data
encryption drop-down list.
l)
Select the
Unencrypted password (PAP)
,
Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
, and
Microsoft CHAP (MS-CHAP)
check
boxes in the
Allow these protocols
, and then click the
OK
button.
m)
Select the
Networking
tab, select
PPTP VPN
from the
Type of VPN
drop-down list.
n)
Make sure that the
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
check box is checked.
o)
Make sure that the
NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol
,
File
and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
, and
Client
for Microsoft Networks
check boxes are cleared.
p)
Click the
OK
button to save the changes to make them take effect.
(2) Connect the Computer to the Device through the PPTP Tunnel
a) Please make sure that your computer has been connected to the Internet.
b) Double-click the new connection
PPTP
you have just created
.
c) Enter
PC1
in the
User name
text box and
PC1
in the
Password
text box.
d) Click the
Connect
button.
e) After the PPTP tunnel has been established successfully, if you run the
ipconfig
command at the MS-DOS command prompt on the computer, you can see the IP
address assigned by the Device.
