{"id":313,"date":"2020-04-06T14:39:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/?p=313"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T13:52:38","slug":"313-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/313-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Setup a PPTP Virtual Private Network on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Important: You need to have a server that is already configured to accept PPTP connections and have a suitable active profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtual Private Networks (VPN) allow you to connect securely to a server for either private or business usage allowing you to connect to resources such as mail or internet securely when you are in a public environment such as a coffee shop or hotel Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click Start > Settings > Network & Internet > VPN > Add a VPN Connection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click start<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click Settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click Network & Internet<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click VPN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click Add a VPN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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  • For VPN provider<\/strong>, choose Windows (built-in)<\/strong>.<\/li>
  • In the Connection name<\/strong> box, enter a name you’ll recognize. This is the VPN connection name you’ll look for when connecting.<\/li>
  • In the Server name or address <\/strong>box, enter the address for the VPN server. <\/li>
  • For VPN type<\/strong>, choose the type of VPN connection you want to create. You\u2019ll need to know which kind of VPN connection your company or VPN service uses.<\/li>
  • For Type of sign-in info<\/strong>, choose the type of sign-in info (or credentials) to use. This is normally a username and password.<\/li>
  • Click Save<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Now that we have created the VPN we are going to configure if for use with a PPTP server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Click Start <\/strong>> Settings <\/strong>> Network & Internet<\/strong> > VPN <\/strong>> Add a VPN Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Click Change adapter options<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Right click on the Adapter whose name matches the VPN we created earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Click Properties<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Tick all the boxes<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    • Select the Security<\/strong> tab.<\/li>
    • From the dropdown menu select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)<\/strong><\/li>
    • Tick Microsoft CHAP Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      • Select the Networking<\/strong> tab.<\/li>
      • Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4)<\/strong><\/li>
      • Click Properties<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        Click Advanced<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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        1. To connect directly to the internet while the VPN in connected untick Use default gateway on remote network<\/strong>.<\/li>
        2. To connect to the internet through your corporate network leave this block ticked<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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          • <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            And to finish:
            Click OK <\/strong>> OK <\/strong>> OK <\/strong>> OK<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Important: You need to have a server that is already configured to accept PPTP connections and have a suitable active profile. Virtual Private Networks (VPN) allow you to connect securely to a server for either private or business usage allowing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comden.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}