Billion Electric Company BiPAC 8501/8521 Pptp Connection LAN to LAN BiPAC 8500/ 8501/ 8520 Only

Models: BiPAC 8501/8521 BiPAC 8500/8520

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Billion BiPAC 8500/8501/8520/8521 SHDSL (VPN) Firewall Bridge/ Router

PPTP Connection - LAN to LAN (BiPAC 8500/ 8501/ 8520 Only)

Connection Name: A user-define description of the connection.

Type: Check Dial Out if you want your router to operate as a client (connecting to a remote VPN server, e.g. your office server), check Dial In if you want it to operate as a VPN server.

oWhen configuring your router as a Client, enter the remote Server IP Address (or Hostname) you wish to connect to.

oWhen configuring your router as a server, enter the Private IP Address Assigned to Dial in User address.

Peer Network IP: Enter the Peer network IP address.

Netmask: Enter the subnet mask of the peer network based on the Peer Network IP setting.

Username: If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the username provided by your Host. If you are a Dial-In user (server), enter your own username.

Password: If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the password provided by your Host. If you are a Dial-In user (server), enter your own password.

Authentication Type: Default is Auto if you want the router to determine which authentication type to use, or else manually specify CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol) or PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) if you know which type the server is using (when acting as a client), or specify the authentication type you want clients to use (when acting as a server). When using PAP, the password is sent unencrypted, whilst CHAP encrypts the password before sending. This presents challenges at different periods to ensure that the client has not been replaced by an intruder.

Data Encryption: Data sent over the VPN connection can be encrypted by an MPPE algorithm. Default is Auto, so that this setting is negotiated when establishing a

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Chapter 4: Configuration

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