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Configure a VPN connection from a client computer |
To set up a connection to a VPN, follow these steps:
| 1. | On the computer that is running Windows XP, confirm that
the connection to the Internet is correctly configured.
For more information about how to test
your Internet configuration, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314067/)
How to troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity with Windows XP
| | 2. | Click Start, and then click
Control Panel. | | 3. | In Control Panel, double-click Network
Connections. | | 4. | Click Create a new connection. | | 5. | In the Network Connection Wizard, click
Next. | | 6. | Click Connect to the network at my
workplace, and then click Next. | | 7. | Click Virtual Private Network connection,
and then click Next. | | 8. | If you are prompted to, do one of the following:
| • | If you use a dial-up connection to connect to the
Internet, click Automatically dial this initial connection,
and then click your dial-up Internet connection from the list. | | • | If you use a full-time connection such as a cable
modem, click Do not dial the initial connection. |
| | 9. | Click Next. | | 10. | Type the name of your company or type a descriptive name
for the connection, and then click Next. | | 11. | Type the host name or the Internet Protocol (IP) address of
the computer that you want to connect to, and then click
Next. | | 12. | Click Anyone's use if you want the
connection to be available to anyone who logs on to the computer, or click
My use only to make it available only when you log on to the
computer, and then click Next. | | 13. | Click to select the Add a shortcut to this
connection to my desktop check box if you want to create a shortcut on
the desktop, and then click Finish. | | 14. | If you are prompted to connect, click
No. | | 15. | In the Network Connections window,
right-click the new connection. | | 16. | Click Properties, and then configure more
options for the connection:
| • | If you are connecting to a domain, click the
Options tab, and then click to select the Include
Windows logon domain check box to specify whether to request Windows
logon domain information before you try to connect. | | • | If you want the computer to redial the connection if
the line is dropped, click the Options tab, and then click to
select the Redial if line is dropped check box. |
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To use the connection, follow these steps:
| 1. | Use one of the following methods:
| • | Click Start, point to Connect
To, and then click the new connection. | | • | If you added a connection shortcut to the desktop,
double-click the shortcut on the desktop. |
| | 2. | If you are not currently connected to the Internet, Windows
offers to connect to the Internet. | | 3. | After your computer connects to the Internet, the VPN
server prompts you for your user name and password. Type your user name and
password, and then click Connect. Your network resources
should be available to you in just like they are when you connect directly to
the network. | | 4. | To disconnect from the VPN, right-click the icon for the
connection, and then click Disconnect. |
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