***Official Disclaimer***
Neither I nor Alltel/Windstream/Your ISP/Anyone else will be held accountable for what you or anyone else does inside your router or on your computer or any software you download and/or install. If you change/remove/corrupt something up on your computer or router or equipment and someone has to fix it or replace it for you and charge you money/services/beer for fixing it then it's your responsibility not mine nor is it Alltel/Windstream's or your ISP's or anyone else's. I give you the information that I have learned/found/acquired. What you do with it is up to you. Do not email me with questions or complaints about why your router/computer/equipment/etc. doesn't work. I cannot guarantee that this config or these settings or information on this site will work for everyone. I can't test all solutions possible because I don't know them all and there are not enough hours in the day/week/month/year for me to test every combination possible. I have tested/used these configurations/software and they work for me. I am just letting my findings be open to help others in times of need at no cost. If you do not understand these instructions/configurations/software or are afraid that you will mess up the computer/router/equipment/software then you will want to contact a computer/network technician to help fix/configure/build what you need done.
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To save space I have set decreased the size of the images, if you need to see the image in full size just click on them.
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On your desktop, right click on the My Network Places then left click on Properties.
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In the Networks & Dial-up group, double click on Make New connection.
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Click Next on the Welcome screen.
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Choose the Connect to a private network option then hit Next.
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For the Host name or IP put in the router's internal IP address, in most cases this will be 10.0.0.1 then hit Next.
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For Connection Availabilty you can set this to For all Users or Only myself, then hit Next.
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For the name put in Efficient VPN Relay, also make sure to check the box for adding a shortcut to the desktop. Then hit Finish
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Once you've completed creating the connection, double click on your new VPN icon and then click on the properties button.
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In the properties click on the Security tab. In here select the radio button for Advanced (custom settings) then click on the settings button.
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In the Advanced Security Settings set the Data encryption to No encryption allowed. Next select the radio button for Allow these protocols, make sure that Unencrypted password (PAP) is the only one checked. Now hit OK.
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Next click on the Networking tab. In here make sure the Type of VPN server I am calling is set to Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), then click on OK.
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Once back on your connection dialoge put in your userid and password, these will be the userid and password that you put in the Simple Setup area inside your router. Make sure to check the save password box then hit connect. Once you are connected you should now be able to get onto the internet or your VPN client.
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One of the CONS of setting up your DSL connection like this is that you will no longer be able to have multiple computers hooked up to the router. In order for you to use multiple computers hooked up to your DSL you will have to make use of internet connection sharing which comes with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, I'm not sure about WinNT. Another thing that you may want to be aware of is that now that you have given your computer a routable IP address, your computer is now vulnerable to the internet. Your computer does not have the protection of NAPT. It is up to you to find a firewall program to protect your computer.
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