Linksys BEFSR41 & WinXP Pro VPN setup

First look at this page for help setting up the XP VPN server.

http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networ...vpn_server.htm

For PPTP VPN you need to...

1. Enable "PPTP Pass Through" on the routers "Filters" page. That is on page 64 of the manual.
2. Forward TCP Port 1723 in the "Port Range Forwarding" page. That is on page 65 of the manual. Use
the private LAN IP of the VPN server, ie. the 192.168.x.x address.

TCP/IP is the default protocol.

Call using the public IP of the router. Get that from the "Status" page or using the
http://www.whatismyip.com site. Since you know you have a static IP your good to go...

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"TowDaddy" <andy@millergren.com> wrote in message news:5fb901c34273$d3b347c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...

> I have a BEFSR41 Linksys router working with a DSL static
> IP. I am setting up 1 PC running WinXP Pros as a VPN
> server that sits behind the router and I want to access
> the VPN server from the internet (remote location PC)using
> a WinXP Pro PC running VPN client.
> 1.- How do I set up the router?
> 2.- What protocols do I need to be running on the PC's and
> the router?
> 3.- What IP address do I use on the VPN server?
> 4.- What IP address do I tell the VPN client to look for?
> Anyother info thaqt you thing would be usefull and URL's
> for help would be a blessing.

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