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Configuring Windows 98 Clients to Establish a Secure Connection Using Virtual Private Networking (VPN) For other operating systems, browse the links below: Windows 95 Windows 2000 Content: Setting Up Client VPN in Windows 98 Making a VPN connection VPN Troubleshooting Additional Help: Support Setting Up Client VPN in Windows 98       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 Check if the VPN component is installed on the client computer (you may need your windows 98 CD): Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs then click on the Windows Setup tab, double-click on Communications. 2 In the Communications dialog box, you see a list of components. Scroll down to locate the Virtual Private Networking component. If the latter is checked, then it is already installed and close all dialog boxes. Otherwise, check this option, click the OK button of the Communications dialog box, then the Apply button of the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box. You may be prompted to insert your windows 98 CD. After the installation, you may be asked to reboot your computer. Please do so to complete the installation. NO IMAGE 3 If the VPN component is not available (which is generally the case for versions of windows 98 that are earlier than the second edition), you will need to download it from Microsoft. Just follow the instructions provided on the webpage. It can also be downloaded from our FTP site. After the installation, you may need to go back to step 1 through 2. If the VPN component is now checked, just exit. Otherwise, check it and complete step 2. Reboot the computer if required. 4 Double click on My Computer and double-click on Dial-Up Networking (DUN). 5 Double-click on Make New Connection 6 Enter a name for connection & select the device as Microsoft VPN Adapter and click on Next. 7 Enter either the IP name prosite.dns2go.com for DWG VPN server or IP address of the VPN server (if provided) as the host name and click on Next and then on Finish. IP addresses are in the following form: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where x is a digit from 0 to 9. For example 192.68.0.15 is a valid IP address. 8 Right-click on the connection that you have just created and click on Properties. 9 click on the Server Types tab and make sure that the following are selected: Log on to network, Require Data Encryption and TCP/IP. Make sure that NETBUI and IPX are not selected. Click on OK.

Connecting to the VPN Server       NO IMAGE 1 Connect to the internet as usual (either via a LAN or via a dial-up connection). NO IMAGE 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. 3 Type in your server username and password and click on Connect. This user account must be available on the VPN server. If everything is setup correctly, you will soon be connected to the VPN server. To test the connection, search the remote computer (Start -> Find -> Computer... then type in the name of the remote computer you are connected to). Wait a moment. When the server is found, try to map a shared drive/folder to your computer. You should also be able to browse the mapped drive, if permissions are granted.

Troubleshooting the VPN Connection       ERROR 678:       Most likely the VPN server is not online. contact the administrator at (818)-693-6666, James Allan. Error 629: You have been disconnected from the computer you dialed. Double-click the connection to try again. ERROR 629:       You must update your existing DUN (Dial-Up Networking) component to version 1.4. You may download the update from microsoft website from From Microsoft. Scroll down to the section that says windows 98: Download DUN 1.4 for Windows 98 (Dun14-98.exe) now. Or you may also download it directly. Or you may download it from DWG's FTP site and the file name is dun14-98.exe. After the installation, try to connect again. LOCAL RESOURCES:       If you are connecting to a VPN server over a permament 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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