How to create the VPN server interface, step-by-step
1. Click Start | Control
Panel.
2. In the Control Panel, open the Network Connections
applet.
3. In the Network Connections window, open the New
Connection Wizard
4. On the Welcome To The
New Connection Wizard page, click Next.
5. On the Network Connection Type page, select the Set
Up An Advanced Connection option.
6. On the Advanced Connection Options page, select the Accept Incoming Connections option and click Next.
7. On the Devices For Incoming Connections page , you can select optional devices on which you want to accept incoming connections.
8. On the
Incoming Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Connection page , select the Allow
Virtual Private Connections option and
click Next.
9. On the User Permissions page, select
the users that are allowed to make
incoming VPN connections. Click Next.
10. Any user that isn’t selected won’t
be able to initiate an incoming
connection.
11. On the Networking Software page,
click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
entry and click the Properties button.
12. Configuring TCP/IP properties
In the Incoming TCP/IP Properties dialog
box, place a check mark in the Allow
Callers To Access My Local Area Network
check box. This will allow VPN callers
to connect to other computers on the
LAN. If this check box isn’t selected,
VPN callers will only be able to connect
to resources on the Windows XP VPN
server itself. Click OK to return to the
Networking Software page and then click
Next.
13. Granting LAN access to callers
On the Completing The New Connection
Wizard page, click Finish to create the
connection.
After the Incoming Connection is
complete, right-click on the connection
in the Network Connections window and
select the Properties command.
Please remember to forward traffic from your router to the windows XP computer in order to connect from internet
