***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 group, select Create a new connection, then hit Next.
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Now select the Connect To the network at my workplace option then hit Next
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Choose the Virtual Private Network connection option then hit Next
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For the Company Name put in Efficient VPN Relay then hit Next.
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The next screen will ask which connection you want to Automatically dial into, Just set this to Do Not Dial the initial connection then hit Next.
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For the Host name or IP address put in the SpeedStream's Internal IP address. In most cases the IP address will be set to 10.0.0.1. Once you've entered this in hit Next.
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On this page put a check in Add a shortcut to my desktop then click on Finish.
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Once you've got the VPN connection created we now have to edit the properties of it. In the Network Connections group, double click on the Efficient VPN Relay icon.
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When the connect screen comes up click on properties.
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Select the Security tab and choose the options for Advanced (custom settings) then click on the Settings Button.
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For Data Encryption select Optional encryption (connect even if no encryption). Put a check in only the Unencrypted password (PAP) then hit OK.
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Under the Networking tab for Type of VPN, select PPTP VPN then hit OK.
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On your connection page make sure you put in the userid and password that are inside the Speedstream's Simple Setup. Once you have your userid and password put a check in the Save box then hit connect. You should now be connected and your computer will have the routable IP address.
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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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