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7.
VPN Entries
General
￿ Provide a friendly name for this VPN entry, such as Widgets VPN.
￿ Select the check box to disable file and printer sharing over the VPN connection,
if desired.
￿ Select the check box to enable clients to log on to a remote network.
8.
VPN Entries
TCP/IP Settings
￿ Select how the remote client will obtain its DNS and WINS settings. Select the option
to either obtain these through DHCP, or enter them manually.
￿ Select the check box to Make This Connection the Client's Default Gateway, if desired.
Enabling this option means that all Internet access from the client will go through the
VPN connection. Split tunnels , in which the client can access the Internet through its
own connection at the same time that it can access the remote site, will not be permitted.
￿ Select the check box to Use IP Header Compression, if desired.
9.
VPN Entries
Security
￿ Select whether you want to use Basic, Advanced, or both Basic and Advanced
security settings.
￿ Configure the basic settings. These include the Authentication Method and the VPN
Strategy (protocol). The options for VPN Strategy include PPTP or L2TP/IPSec. If you
select the latter, you also have the option to force a preshared key for the connection.
￿ Configure the advanced settings. These include an option for Data Encryption, the
method of Logon Security (EAP or other methods such as MS-CHAP v2), and the VPN
Strategy.
10.
Once you have finished with the three VPN tabs, click OK to proceed.
Note The VPN Strategy in this step differs from that in the previous one in that now you may select a
strategy priority. You may, for example, configure the connection to try one protocol first and then fallback to
the other.
11.
Phone Book: Enter a phone book file if you want to include it with the connection
profile. You can also configure the profile to automatically download phone book
updates from a location that you will specify in the next step, and you can add extra
access numbers if desired. Click the Next button to proceed.
12.
Phone Book Updates: If you enabled the auto-download option for phone books in the
previous step, you can now specify a phone book name and the URL for the Connection
Point Services server. Click the Next button to proceed.
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