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by flyfshmn 2 views

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I was wanting to know how to setup a VPN connection from home. I want to be able to get to my system from the office. Office client is NT 4 and home client is Win 2000. What needs to be setup for this to happen? And at what side does this all need to be setup?

THIA
Flyfshmn

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by m.r.

Where to begin? I can't tell from the info if you are on a bigger net at the office with a firewall or if the client is NT4 server or workstation. Assuming no firewall and NT4 workstation I would recommend some type of firewall appliance like Linksys, NetGuard or Sonic. You could also be creative with firewall software and something like pcAnywhere. If you are talking server NT4 is VPN capable but not at a high security level. It works more or less like RAS over the Internet.

by timthetoolman

Hi,

The answer to this quite involved, so the best thing I can do is to point you to two websites. One details setting up VPN for the 2000 client and the other details setting it up for the NT4 server.

Here is the client end...

http://www.admin.ias.edu/pc/vpn/vpnw2k.html

(remove spaces from the above URL)

...and dont be too concerned that its for setting up VPN to a uni. There are a few simple changes you'll need to make but I'm sure you'll know which ones...

And here are the instructions for the Server...

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/microsoft/winnt/index.xml.ID=Installation-dc

(remove spaces from the above URL again)

This assumes setting up on a domain controller, but that shouldn't make too much difference if you're not. There's a link on the page to that saying pretty much the same thing.

If you have a firewall (as mentioned above) then you may need to look at opening the appropriate ports on it.

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Tim.

by flyfshmn

Corp network @ the office using NT workstation - using NAT @ home w/ Linksys router for the DSL connection

by flyfshmn

I guess that I am also looking for a decent (cheap) VPN client software also as this will need to be installed on the both client, server to accomplish this...

by jwang

1) do u have firewall and what type?

2) if u do not have firewall here how u would setup VPN server.
on windows 2000 server u need to go to RRAS at administrator tool somewhere.
enable RRAS for VPN only.
that is it for server, u can also makeSecurity policy but if u only wanted to get to work worry about that later.
on the client i need to know what OS u are using ?
for windows 2000 and windows 98 they are vary simple. make VPN connection pointing to VPN server IP and that it, u done.
u can email me if u still need help.
jwang@ambac.com
Jimmy Wang

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