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4.10.1 Enable the OpenVPN 
• Select OpenVPN on the Serial & Networks menu
• Click Add and complete the Add OpenVPN Tunnel screen
• Enter any descriptive name you wish to identify the OpenVPN Tunnel you are adding, for example NorthStOutlet-VPN
 
• Select the Device Driver to be used, either Tun-IP or Tap-Ethernet.  The TUN (network tunnel) and TAP (network tap) 
drivers are virtual network drivers that support IP tunneling and Ethern\
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4.10.2 Configure as Server or Client  
• Complete the Client Details or Server Details depending on the Tunnel Mode selected.  
  o If Client has been selected, the Primary Server Address will be the address of the OpenVPN Server.
 o If Server has been selected, enter the IP Pool Network address and the IP Pool Network mask for the IP Pool. The  
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• To enable OpenVPN,  Edit the OpenVPN tunnel
 
• Check the Enabled button.
• Apply to save changes
Note: Please make sure that the console server system time is correct when w\
orking with OpenVPN. Otherwise authentication 
issues may arise
 
• Select Statistics on the Status menu to verify that the tunnel is operational.
   

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4.10.3 Windows OpenVPN Client and Server set up
Windows does not come with an OpenVPN server or client. This section outl\
ines the installation and configuration of a 
Windows OpenVPN client or a Windows OpenVPN server and setting up a VPN connection to a console serve\
r.  
The OpenVPN GUI for Windows software (which includes the standard OpenVPN package plus a Windows GUI) can be 
downloaded from http://openvpn.se/download.html.
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The Windows client/server configuration file options are:
OptionsDescription
#description:This is a comment describing the configuration.
Comment lines start with a ‘#’ and are ignored by OpenVPN.
Client
server
Specify whether this will be a client or server configuration file. \
In the server configuration file, 
define the IP address pool and netmask. For example, server 10.100.10.0 255.255.255.0
proto udp
proto tcp
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To initiate the OpenVPN tunnel following the creation of the client/serve\
r configuration files:
• Right click on the OpenVPN icon in the Notification Area
• Select the newly created client or server configuration.  For example, BL_client
• Click ‘Connect’ as shown below
 
• The log file will be displayed as the connection is established
• Once established, the OpenVPN icon will display a message notifying of t\
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4.11 PPTP VPN
Console Servers with Firmware V3.5.2 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 
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4.11.1 Enable the PPTP VPN server 
• Select PPTP VPN on the Serial & Networks menu
• Select the Enable check box to enable the PPTP Server
• Select the Minimum Authentication Required. Access is denied to remote users attempting to connect using an 
authentication scheme weaker than the selected scheme. The schemes are d\
escribed below, from strongest to weakest.
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4.11.2 Add a PPTP user  
• Select Users & Groups on the Serial & Networks menu and complete the fields as covered in section 4.2.
• Ensure the pptpd Group has been checked, to allow access to the PPTP VPN server. Note - users in this group will have 
their password stored in clear text.
• Keep note of the username and password for when you need to connect to th\
e VPN connection
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4.11.3 Set up a remote PPTP client  
Ensure the remote VPN client PC has Internet connectivity. To create a VPN connection across the Internet, you must set up 
two networking connections. One connection is for the ISP, and the other connection is for the VPN tunnel to the appliance. 
Note: This procedure sets up a PPTP client in the Windows 7 Professional operating system. The steps may vary slightly 
depending on your network access or if you are...