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Configuring Windows 2000 Clients to Establish a Secure Connection Using Virtual Private Networking (VPN) For other operating systems, browse the links below: Windows 95 Windows 98 Content: Setting Up Client VPN in Windows 2000 Making a VPN connection VPN Troubleshooting Additional Help: Support Setting Up Client VPN in Windows 2000       Before making a VPN connection to the SQL server, the client computer must first be configured for VPN. The steps below illustrate the configuration. 1 Click on Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. 2 Double-click on Network and Dial-Up connections. 3 Double-click on Make New Connection and click on Next. The wizard will start. NO IMAGE 4 If this is the first time you have run Dialup Networking, you may be asked to enter your location and telephone area code. Enter these details (although they will not affect the VPN connection you are going to create) and click on Next or Finish as appropriate. 5 Select Connect to a private network through the Internet and click on Next. 6 If you want Windows to automatically dial up your ISP whenever you open a VPN connection, tick Automatically dial this initial connection and select the ISP you want to call. If you are already connected to the internet, select Do not dial the initial connection. Click on Next. 7 Enter either the IP name (DNS) or IP address of the VPN server and click on Next. For DWG VPN server, the DNS is currently prosite.dns2go.com. 8 If you want this VPN connection to be available to all users, select For all users and click on Next. Otherwise, select Only for myself and click Next. 9 Type in a name for the connection and click on Finish. NO IMAGE 10 You have just configued your computer for a VPN connection. You may be asked to reboot the computer. Now you are ready to make a VPN connection (see steps below).

Connecting to the VPN Server       NO IMAGE 1 Connect to the internet as usual (either via a LAN or via a dial-up connection). 2 Double-click on My Computer, double-click on Dial-Up Networking and double-click on the VPN connection that you created in the Configuration section above. Enter guest for User Name and leave the Password field blank. Click on Connect. If you haven't requested an access authorization from DWG Support, your connection will be rejected by our firewall. You must also provide your computer IP address. 3 It takes a moment to establish a connection with a VPN server.

Troubleshooting the VPN Connection       NO IMAGE If you are connecting to a VPN server over a permanent internet connection, you may be unable to access local resources. The solution: You need to turn off the Use default gateway on remote network of the TCP/IP protocol. To do this, follow the steps below: Double-click on My Computer, double-click on Dial-Up Networking, right-click on the VPN connection that you created when configuring the client and select Properties. Click on the Server Types tab, then on TCP/IP Settings and turn off the Use default gateway on remote network setting.

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