Secure Computing SG300 User Manual page 203

Your Internet IP address is displayed on the Network Setup page. If your ISP has not
allocated you a static IP address, consider using a dynamic DNS service. Otherwise you
must modify the PPTP client configuration each time your Internet IP address changes.
For details on configuring dynamic DNS, refer to the DNS section of the chapter entitled
Network Setup.
Ensure the remote VPN client PC has Internet connectivity. To create a VPN connection
across the Internet, you must set up two networking connections. One connection is for
the ISP, and the other connection is for the VPN tunnel to your office network.
Note
If you are using Windows 95 or an older version of Windows 98 (first edition), install the
Microsoft DUN update and VPN Client update, available from the Microsoft web site.
Your SnapGear unit's PPTP server interoperates with the standard Windows PPTP
clients in all current versions of Windows.
The following sections provide details for client setup in Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
More detailed instructions are available in the Windows product documentation, and from
the Microsoft web site.
Windows 2000 PPTP client setup
Login as Administrator or with administrator privileges. From the Start menu, select
Settings and then Network and Dial-up Connections. A window similar to the
following is displayed:
Double-click Make New Connection from the main window. Click Next to show the
Network Connection Type window:
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