Configuring VPN connection to remote users

The administrator needs to configure a virtual private network (VPN) connection to remote users to enable the remote connections. The following tasks show you how the administrator configures a VPN connection to remote users.

1. Completing planning worksheets for VPN connection from the branch office to remote sales people
   The administrator for the branch sales office uses the VPN planning advisor to create dynamic planning worksheets to help them configure virtual private network (VPN) on their systems and remote workstations.
2. Configuring L2TP terminator profile for System A
   If you want to configure the remote connections to remote workstations, you need to set up System A to accept inbound connections from these clients.
3. Starting receiver connection profile
   After configuring Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) receiver connection profile for System A, the administrator needs to start this connection so that it will listen for incoming requests from remote clients.
4. Configuring a VPN connection on System A for remote clients
   After configuring and starting the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) receiver connection profile for System A, the administrator needs to configure a virtual private network (VPN) to protect the connection between remote clients and the network in the branch sales office.
5. Updating VPN policies for remote connections from Windows XP and Windows 2000 clients
   Because the wizard creates a standard connection that can be used for most virtual private network (VPN) configurations, you will need to update the policies that are generated by the wizard to ensure interoperability with Windows^® XP and Windows 2000 clients.
6. Activating filter rules
   The wizard automatically creates the packet rules that this connection requires to work properly. However, activate them on both systems before you can start the virtual private network (VPN) connection.
7. Configuring VPN on Windows XP client
   Use this procedure to configure VPN on Windows XP client.
8. Testing VPN connection between endpoints
   After you finish configuring the connection between System A and remote users and have successfully started the connection, you should test the connectivity to ensure that the remote hosts can communicate with each other.

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