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Click the Enable PPTP client toggle key to switch it to the ON position.
4.
In the Profile name list, enter a profile name for the tunnel. This may be anything you like and is used to identify the tunnel on the router.
5.
Use the Username and Password fields to enter the username and password for the PPTP account.
6.
In the PPTP server address field, enter the IP address of the PPTP server.
7.
From the Authentication type drop down list, select the Authentication type used on the server. If you do not know the authentication method used, select any and the router will
attempt to determine the correct authentication type for you. There are 5 authentication types you can choose from:
CHAP – uses a three way handshake to authenticate the identity of a client.
MS-CHAP v1 – This is the Microsoft implementation of the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol for which support was dropped in Windows® Vista.
MS-CHAP v2 - This is the Microsoft implementation of the Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol which was introduced in Windows® NT 4.0 and is still supported
today.
PAP – The Password Authentication Protocol uses a password as a means of authentication and as such, is commonly supported. PAP is not recommended because it
transmits passwords unencrypted and is not secure.
EAP – Extensible Authentication Protocol. An Authentication protocol commonly used in wireless networks.
8.
The metric value helps the router to prioritise routes and must be a number between 0 and 65535. The default value is 30 and should not be modified unless you are aware of the
effect your changes will have.
9.
The Use peer DNS option allows you to select whether the remote clients will use the Domain Name Server of the PPTP server. Click the toggle key to set this to ON or OFF as
required.
10.
NAT masquerading allows the router to modify the packets sent and received to inform remote computers on the internet that packets originating from a machine behind the router
actually originated from the WAN IP address of the router’s internal NAT IP address. Click the toggle key to switch this to the ON position if you want to use this feature.
11.
Set default route to PPTP sets all outbound data packets to go out through the PPTP tunnel. Click the toggle key to switch this to the ON position if you want to use this feature.
12.
The Verbose logging option sets the router to output detailed logs regarding the PPTP connection in the System Log section of the router interface.
13.
The Reconnect delay is the time in seconds that the router will wait before attempting to connect to the PPTP server in the event that the connection is broken. The minimum time to
wait is 30 seconds so as to not flood the PPTP server with connection requests, while the maximum time to wait is 65335 seconds.
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The Reconnect retries is the number of connection attempts that the router will make in the event that the PPTP connection goes down. If set to 0, the router will retry the connection
indefinitely, otherwise the maximum number of times to retry cannot be greater than 65335.
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Click the Save button to save the changes. The VPN will attempt to connect after your click Save. Click the Status button at the top left of the interface to return to the status window
and monitor the VPN’s connection state.