There you will find your different network adapters. Press the Alt key on your keyboard to bring the file menu, then go to File and select New incoming connection. What you do here is to tell your computer which users are allowed to connect. Then you can additionally, click Account Properties to change some properties, such as full name, set a different password for VPN and Callback settings.
Click the Next button to continue. In the next step, How will people connect? There, make sure that the setting Allow callers to access my local area network is checked. In the IP address assignment section, select Specify IP addresses — basically here you are telling Windows 7 what IP address to hand over to the computer that connects to the VPN server —, choose a high-order IP address range to give out to the computers allowed to connect to avoid possible IP address conflict in the future see image below for reference.
When you click the Close button in the Allow connections to the computer wizard and if everything was completed successfully, you will see a new item appeared in the Network Connections page called Incoming Connections. Now the server portion is completed. Fortunately, there are ways to fix the problem. Here are some tips.
Before setting up your VPN, be sure to know what you need. After that, you can begin using it to protect your privacy and your online activity. Here are a few of them. The first step in setting up a VPN is to open the Settings app on your computer. Click on Network and Internet. Look for the Wi-Fi icon on the system tray or taskbar. Select your newly formed VPN connection. It should automatically appear at the top. Once it has been established, you can choose a password for added security.
Once the process is complete, you can close the Settings application. Be sure to setup port forwarding on the router to forward port to the local IP address of the PC. Eric Geier is a freelance tech writer. Your email address will not be published. Learn about the latest security threats, system optimization tricks, and the hottest new technologies in the industry.
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