Vpn - Virtual Private Networks; Pptp (Point-To-Point Tunnelling Protocol) - Billion 800VGT User Manual

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VPN - Virtual Private Networks

Virtual Private Networks are a way to establish secured communication tunnels to an organization's
network via the Internet. Your router supports three main types of VPN (Virtual Private Network), PPTP,
and
IPSec L2TP.

PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol)

There are two types of PPTP VPN's supported; Remote Access and LAN-to-LAN (Please read below
for more information.). Click Create to configure a new VPN connection.
After you have created PPTP connection, it's account status will be displayed. (See example above).
Enable / Disable: This function activates or deactivates the PPTP connection. If you wish to disable
the tunnel, select the Disable radio button and click on the Apply button to deactivate the connection.
Name: The user-defined name of the connection.
Type: This refers to your whether your router operates as a client or a server, select eather Dialout for
client, or Dialin for server.
Status: This informs you of your PPTP tunnel connection condition.
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