You can still right click this icon and click on Properties to make changes on settings we have just configured.ġ0) If you wish to connect to this VPN server from Internet by going through your home router, then you need to enable port forwarding and allow PPTP passthrough options on the router. Note: If you click on Properties for Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), you can see that it allows callers to access your local area network.Ĩ) Click Finish to complete this VPN server setup process.ĩ) After that, you will see there is new Incoming Connections icon created in Network Connections window. You can select File and Printer Sharing for microsoft Networks if you want to allow this sharing. You must select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
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You can also click on Account Properties button to check/reset the password of the selected user.Ħ) How will other people connects to your computer? Tick on Through the Internet (should be the most common selection) and click Next.ħ) Ok! Here you need to select network settings for remote computer after connecting to your VPN network later. Ha! You can then access the shared files and other resources on your network.ġ) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.Ģ) Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.ģ) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, proceed to click on Change adapter settings.Ĥ) Network Connections window will appear, press Alt key on your keyboard in order to show File menu, click on File and then click on New Incoming connections.ĥ) Allow connections to this computer window appears, here you need to select the user which can connect to this computer by using PPTP VPN (In this case, I select nicola), after that click Next. Once the VPN connection is up, the communication between the user computer and this VPN server will be encrypted, so the hacker won’t be able to sniff the traffic. Please note port forwarding has to be enabled on home router to have this VPN server traffic routing to work (will explain in more details below). Let’s take a look on the VPN network diagram below with typical home network setup, the Internet user can make a VPN connection over the Internet by connecting to home network’s DSL/Cable or other Internet public WAN IP (178.63.24.34 in this example), then the router will route the traffic to home PPTP VPN server (please assign fixed IP to this server, I use 192.168.1.99 in this example).
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