How to Configure a VPN in Windows 7 and Vista

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You want to share documents between multiple remote computers, and without risk of being intercepted? Configuring a VPN can then be a solution. Indeed, a virtual private network (Virtual Private Network in English) preserves the network security by hiding the IP addresses to unauthorized through technical tunnel computers.

Step 1 : Go in Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools > Services

Step 2: : Right click on Routing and Remote Access and go to Properties.

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Step 3: Under Startup set Automatic. Now it will activate automatically whenever needed.

Step 4: Now go in Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections. In that right click on the incoming connection and click on Properties.

Step 5: Under General add tick on Virtual Private Network.

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Step 6: Choose from the user accounts allowed to connect to the VPN Users tab. A new account can be created by clicking New and entering a username and a password.

Management tab network is only useful in some cases. If the computer is behind a router, you must set yourself the IP addresses that can be accessed via your VPN. These addresses must be different from those used by the router. For example, if your computer is part of a local network with addresses 192.168.0.x type choose for your VPN network IP addresses from 10.0.0.1 to 10.0.0.x, where x is the number of computers that can simultaneously be on your virtual network.

Now that the server is configured, you must create at least one remote access connection to the server. Here are the steps to follow:

Step 1: Head to the Control Panel and select Network and Sharing Center. Click on Setup up a new connection or network.

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Step 2: Select Connect to a Workplace. And click on Next.

Step 3: You have two options here. First one is Use my Internet Connection and second Dial Directly. Choose the first one.

Step 4: Type the server details here. You have to add the IP addres or any other server details.

Step 5: Then type the user name details and click on connect.

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There is also a simpler way of just going to the networking connections and selecting setup a new network and then going over to vpn connections then just clicking next and filling out the required blocks (server name, address, password) and voilÃ* it is done!