Tripp Lite B0930082E4UM Owners Manual for B093- B097- and B098-Series Console - Page 68

4. Serial Port, Host, Device and User Configuration • Once established, the OpenVPN icon will display a message notifying the successful connection and assigned IP. This information, as well as the time the connection was established, is available anytime by scrolling over the OpenVPN icon. Note: An alternate OpenVPN Windows client can be downloaded from http://www.openvpn.net/index.php/openvpn-client/downloads.html. Refer to http://www.openvpn.net/index.php/openvpn-client/howto-openvpn-client.html for help. 4.10 PPTP VPN Console servers with firmware version 3.5.2 and later include a PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) server. PPTP is typically used for communications over a physical or virtual serial link. The PPP endpoints define a virtual IP address to themselves. Routes to networks can then be defined with these IP addresses as the gateway, which results in traffic being sent across the tunnel. PPTP establishes a tunnel between the physical PPP endpoints and securely transports data across the tunnel. The strength of PPTP is its ease of configuration and integration into existing Microsoft infrastructure. It is generally used for connecting single remote Windows clients. If you take your portable computer on a business trip, you can dial a local number to connect to your Internet access service provider (ISP) and then create a second connection (tunnel) into your office network across the Internet and have the same access to your corporate network as if you were connected directly from your office. Similarly, telecommuters also set up a VPN tunnel over their cable modem or DSL links to their local ISP. To set up a PPTP connection from a remote Windows client to your Tripp Lite console server and local network: 1. Enable and configure the PPTP VPN server on your Tripp Lite console server. 2. Set up VPN user accounts on the Tripp Lite console server and enable the appropriate authentication. 3. Configure the VPN clients at the remote sites. The client does not require special software as the PPTP Server supports the standard PPTP client software included with Windows NT and later. 4. Connect to the remote VPN. 68