VPN - Home to Office

Setup VPN at your Home

use create new connection

Give you VPN server's user name and password.

This is your network configuration before VPN connection.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

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C:\Documents and Settings\admin>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.**.**

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.**.**

Network configuration after making VPN connectivity.


C:\Documents and Settings\admin>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :   192.168.**.**

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :   192.168.**.**

PPP adapter Office network:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :    192.168.1.40

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . :    255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.**

Here 192.168.1.40 is your virtual IP. And your system is part of your office network. Now you can connect to your applications from your home using VPN.

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