Verifying the connectivity of pptp vpn tunnel, 6 verifying the connectivity of pptp vpn tunnel – TP-Link Omada ER8411 VPN Router User Manual

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Configuring VPN

PPTP Configuration

User Guide 161

Account Name

Specify the account name used for the VPN tunnel. This parameter should be the

same as that of the PPTP client.

Password

Specify the password of users. This parameter should be the same as that of the

PPTP client.

2) Specify the protocol as PPTP and configure other relevant parameters according to

your actual network environment.

Protocol

Specify the protocol for the VPN tunnel. There are two types: L2TP and PPTP.

Local IP

Address

Specify the local IP address of the tunnel. You can enter the LAN IP of the local

device.

IP Address

Pool

Specify the IP address pool from which the IP address will be assigned to the VPN

client. The IP Pool referenced here can be created on the

Preferences > VPN IP

Pool

page.

DNS Address

Specify the DNS address to be assigned to the VPN client (8.8.8.8 for example).

Network Mode

Specify the network mode. There are two modes:

Client-to-LAN

: Select this option when the PPTP/PPTP client is a single host.

LAN-to-LAN

: Select this option when the PPTP/PPTP client is a VPN gateway. The

tunneling request is always initiated by a device.

Max

Connections

Specify the maximum number of connections that the tunnel can support.

Remote Subnet

Specify a remote network. (This is the IP address range of the LAN on the remote

peer of the PPTP/PPTP tunnel.) It’s the combination of IP address and subnet mask.

3) Click

OK

.

4.6 Verifying the Connectivity of PPTP VPN Tunnel

Choose the menu

VPN> PPTP > Tunnel List

to load the following page.

Figure 4-6 

PPTP VPN Tunnel List

The

Tunnel List

shows the information of the established PPTP VPN tunnel.

Account

Displays the account name of PPTP tunnel.

Mode

Displays whether the device is server or client.

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