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Once established, the OpenVPN icon displays a message indicating a successful connection and
assigned IP. This information, as well as the time the connection was established, is available by
scrolling over the OpenVPN icon.
3.11
PPTP VPN
Console servers include a PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) server. PPTP is used for
communications over a physical or virtual serial link. The PPP endpoints define a virtual IP address to
themselves. Routes to networks can be defined with these IP addresses as the gateway, which results in
traffic being sent across the tunnel. PPTP establishes a tunnel between the physical PPP endpoints and
securely transports data across the tunnel.
The strength of PPTP is its ease of configuration and integration into existing Microsoft infrastructure. It
is generally used for connecting single remote Windows clients. If you take your portable computer on a
business trip, you can dial a local number to connect to your Internet access service provider (ISP) and
create a second connection (tunnel) into your office network across the Internet and have the same
access to your corporate network as if you were connected directly from your office. Telecommuters can
also set up a VPN tunnel over their cable modem or DSL links to their local ISP.
