VPN Access

Please contact CMS to set up your VPN account.

Windows XP:

  1. Right click on "My Network Places" and select "Properties" at the bottom of the pull-down menu;
  2. double-click on New Connection Wizard and click on Next;
  3. select the second one from top (using dial-up or VPN) and click on Next;
  4. select the second one (VPN) and click on Next;
  5. enter the connection name (e.g. testvpn) and click on Next;
  6. select the first one (Do not dial) and click on Next;
  7. enter 146.201.29.68 and click on Next;
  8. check "Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop" and click Finish;
  9. enter username and password and click on connect;
  10. open an command window and type "ipconfig /all" withouot quotation marks:
    [PPP adapter testvpn: should have something similar to the following]

    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.201.xxx
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.201.xxx
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 128.186.6.103

  11. Type "route print" without quotation marks:

    Network Destination        Netmask        Gateway         Interface        Metric
             0.0.0.0           0.0.0.0      10.1.201.xxx     10.1.201.xxx         1
             0.0.0.0           0.0.0.0      (original default gateway)           21
    (Lines omitted for brevity)

  12. Test connection by tracert to several destinations. all paths should go by way of 10.0.0.1
  13. Optional,
    • add a static route and delete the first default network
    • route add 146.201.29.68 mask 255.255.255.255 [your original gateway IP address]
    • route add 146.201.24.0 mask 255.255.248.0 10.1.201.xxx
    • route delete 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 10.1.201.xxx
    • where xxx is the same as shown in (11)
    • type route print to check the new routing table
    Tips
    1. (0.1) Right click on "My Network Places" and select "Properties" at the bottom of the pull-down menu
    2. (0.2) right click on the newly created icon (testvpn) and select "Properties" at the bottom of the pull-down menu
    3. (0.3) under "General" tab, make sure that "Show icon in notification area when connected" is checked
    Tear down
  14. Find the connection icon at the bottom right corner or your desktop, near time clock, and right click the icon and select "Disconnect" from the top of the pop-up menu

WINDOWS 7

  1. Same as above.
  2. Right click on VPN connection and select property; Under the Security Tag, there are two areas needing attention:
    • Type of VPN: PPTP
    • Allow these protocols: MS-CHAP
  3. Your original IP address cannot be 10.x.x.x

Linux Fedora 7 and 8:

Refer to: http://fedorasolved.org/network-solutions/pptp-client-config after installation, type pptpconfig will pop up a configuration window. After configuration, add, and click on Start

Optional:

  1. On each entry, click on the Routing tab and "Edit Network Routes.."
  2. add 146.201.24/21 to the Network: and click on Add
  3. stop and start the connection will give you the static route vip ppp0

Linux Ubuntu:

  1. Update the list of packages: apt-get update
  2. Install PPTP Client: apt-get install network-manager-pptp
  3. Use the network manager GUI to configure a new VPN connection
  4. specify 146.201.29.68 for the gateway, your user name (leave password blank)
  5. make sure to check "Use Point-to-Point encrytpion (MPPE) under advanced settings

MAC Users

Please search Internet with the keywords "MAC setup vpn pptp". Here is one of the useful links: https://www.publicvpn.com/support/MacOS10.4pptp.php