Prestige 334 User’s Guide

6.4.3 PPTP Encapsulation

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables secure transfer of data from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based networks.

PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol and virtual private networking over public networks, such as the Internet.

The screen shown next is for PPTP encapsulation.

Figure 21 PPTP Encapsulation

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 18 PPTP Encapsulation

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

ISP Parameters for Internet Access

 

 

Encapsulation

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables

 

secure transfer of data from a remote client to a private server, creating a

 

Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based networks. PPTP supports

 

on-demand, multi-protocol, and virtual private networking over public

 

networks, such as the Internet. The Prestige supports only one PPTP server

 

connection at any given time.

 

To configure a PPTP client, you must configure the User Name and

 

Password fields for a PPP connection and the PPTP parameters for a PPTP

 

connection.

User Name

Type the user name given to you by your ISP.

 

 

Password

Type the password associated with the User Name above.

 

 

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