Windows has the added facility to work as a VPN server, even though this choice is undisclosed. This can work on both versions of Windows – Windows 8 and Windows 7. To enable this, the server makes use of the point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP.)
This could be valuable for linking to your home system on the street, playing LAN games with friends, or protecting your internet browsing on a open Wi-Fi link – some of the many reasons of why you may want to have a VPN.
The procedure of setting it up goes like this:
First, you will need to open the Network Connections bar. The fastest way to do this is to click the Windows key, then type out : ncpa.cpl, and then click Enter. Click the ‘Alt’ key from your keyboard, press the File menu that you see, and open up New Received Connection.
You can now pick the client accounts that can link you with it distantly. To ensure more security, you might want to make a new, restricted user account than let logins from VPN from your principal user account. (Press Add someone to have a new user account made.) Make sure that the user you permit has a very good pass code because a weak pass code could easily be hacked by a dictionary hack.
Next, pick the ‘Through the net’ choice to let VPN connections over the Net. You can also let arriving systems over a dial up modem, in case you posses a dial up hardware.
You can then choose the arrangement protocols that must be permitted for arriving connections. For instance, if you do not want someone to be connected to the VPN so that they cannot view mutual files and printers on your home network, you can un-tick the File and Printer Sharing selection.
Now, Press the Allow right of entry button and Windows will install a VPN server.
If you feel like disabling the VPN server anytime in the future, you can get rid of the Incoming Connections entry from your window of Network Connections.
You now must sign into the setup page of your router and promote port 1723 to the IP address of the computer where you want to install the VPN server. For more details on this, read: How you can further ports.
For highest security, you might want to make a port forward regulation that furthers a arbitrary external port to an internal port on the computer. This will let you use port 23243 to link to the VPN server, and will guard you from harmful malware that scan and try to link to the VPN servers that work on other ports.
You can also think about using a router or firewall to permit only certain arriving connections from particular IP addresses.
To guarantee your connection to the VPN server, you might want to install a DNS service on your router.
