How to set up a VPN server in Windows 7

Basically search for Windows 7 VPN in the search engine. The tutorials are all about how to establish a VPN connection in Win7. Today, this article is about how to set up a VPN server under Windows 7, and let others connect. You:)

Of course, many friends may not know what the role of VPN is. In this case, we have posted a VPN encyclopedia profile at the bottom of this article.

Below, we go straight to the topic and see the specific steps to set up a VPN server:

1. Click the network icon in the lower right corner, then select “Open Network and Sharing Center”, then select “Change adapter settings”

2, then in the "Menu bar" (If you don't see the menu bar, press the Alt button on the keyboard to display the menu bar) Click on the “ file ”, select “New incoming connection (This is important)
3. Check the box to allow users to connect to the machine using VPN. If the user has not created yet, click “Add User”

Choose how other users connect to the VPN. Here, select "Over the Internet", if you have multiple displays, please choose the correct method.

4, then set the network parameters, if the other party can use the local network's DHCP server, you can skip this setting. If the local network does not have a DHCP server, you must set it up. Click “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP)”, click the “Properties” button and select “Specify IP Address”, such as my IP. Is the beginning of 192.168.1, then set an IP segment that is not used, such as from 192.168.1.180 to 192.168.1.199. After setting, press OK, then click “Allow access”.

5. After following the above settings, other users can use the above account and your IP address to connect to your network using VPN.

Special instructions for firewalls and intranet users:

If you have a firewall, please allow ports 1723 and 1701.

If you are an intranet user, please do the mapping of ports 1723 and 1701 on the router, generally do 1723.

Appendix: What is VPN

The full name of VPN English is “Virtual Private Network”, which translates to “Virtual Private Network”. Vpn is defined as establishing a temporary, secure connection over a public network (usually the Internet), a secure, stable tunnel through a chaotic public network. Use this tunnel to encrypt data several times to achieve the safe use of the Internet. A virtual private network is an extension of an intranet. Virtual private networks help remote users, corporate branches, business partners, and suppliers establish trusted, secure connections to the company's intranet for secure extranet virtual private networks that connect to business partners and users. VPN mainly uses tunnel technology, encryption and decryption technology, key management technology and user and device identity authentication technology.

Features that VPN can provide: Firewall function, authentication, encryption, tunneling.

VPN can connect to the Internet through a specially encrypted communication protocol, and establish a proprietary communication line between two or more intranets located in different places, just like setting up a dedicated line. But it doesn't really need to lay physical lines like fiber optic cables. This is like going to the telecommunications bureau to apply for a dedicated line, but there is no need to pay for the laying of the line, nor to buy hardware equipment such as routers. VPN technology was originally one of the important technologies of routers. It supports VPN functions in switches, firewall devices or Windows 2000 and above. In a word, the core of VPN is to use the public network to establish a virtual private network.