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Setting up VPN Relay for the Speedstream 5660 router | |
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***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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If you are looking at this page you have either been forwarded to my site or have found it on your own. The questions that probably come to mind are:
(Q) Why do I want to setup a PPTP connection from my computer to my router. (A) Simply put, the PPTP connection allows your router to push it's external IP address through to the computer. So instead of having a non-public IP address, your computer will have an actual IP address that is visible from the internet. (Q) So why is having a public IP address important? (A) If you are using a VPN to your work or other network, if you are an online gammer, if you are running a server, if you use certain chat programs, if you are doing video/voice confrencing or any of a thousand different things on the internet, this will hopefully make your problems disappear. |
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Unless you have a static IP (which in some cases may be costly) your connection will be what is called DHCP. In most cases DHCP will work just fine with browsing the web, getting email, downloading music etc. But there are many cases where you need to have either specific ports routed through your connection or you just need a static IP address. In some cases NAPT (Network Address Port Translation) does not work effectively enough to allow certain online programs to run correctly. If you have ever wanted to host an online game such as Rainbow 6 and no one can connect on to you it's because NAPT is getting in the way. NAPT has a tendancy of routing ports dynamically inside of a router. What comes in as say, port 123 may go to your computer as port 456 and then your program cannot recognize it.
Without going too deep into the way DHCP, NAPT, Networking work. I'll just simply say that this "VPN method" basically gives your computer a "Dynamic, Semi-static IP" This configuration may not work for everyone and I don't guarantee anything. This is just a guideline. |
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Setting up VPN Relay for the Speedstream 5660 router | |