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L2TP Connection - Remote Access
L2TP VPN Connection
Connection Name: A User-defined name for the connection (e.g. "connection to office").
Type: Select Dial Out if you want your router to operate as a client (connecting to a remote VPN server,
e.g. your office server), select Dial In if you wish your router to operate as a VPN server.
When configuring your router as a Client, enter the remote Server IP Address (or Hostname)
that you wish to connection to.
When configuring your router as a server, enter the Private IP Address Assigned to Dial in
User (this is the IP address that the remote client will be assigned when it connects) .
Username: If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the username provided by your Host (Your username
for the server that you are connecting to) . If you are a Dial-In user (server), enter the username that the
connecting client will use to connect to your router.
Password: If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the password provided by your Host Your password
for the server that you are connecting to).
connecting client will use to connect to your router
PPP Authentication Type: Default is Auto. This will allow the router to determine the best suited
authentication type. Alternatively, you can manually specify CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication
Protocol) or PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) if you know which type the server is using (when
acting as a client) If your router is acting as a server, specify the authentication type you want clients
connecting to you to use. When using PAP, the password is sent unencrypted, whilst CHAP encrypts the
password before sending, and also allows for challenges at different periods to ensure that the client has
not been replaced by an intruder.
Idle Time: When there is no activity on the connection for this pre-determined Idle time, the VPN
connection is Auto-disconnected. 0 means this connection is always on.
Chapter 4: Configuration
If you are a Dial-In user (server), enter the password that the
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