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how do you (and can you) set up a vpn for personal use?

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I have searched on the internet but I am to stupid to figure out how to set up a vpn for personal use. What should I do?

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Well to start, they arent free, you usually have to pay for these services.

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First, you’ll need to open the Network Connections window. The quickest way to open it is to press the Windows key, type ncpa.cpl, and press Enter.

 

Press the Alt key, click the File menu that appears, and select New Incoming Connection.

 

You can now select the user accounts that can connect remotely. To increase security, you may want to create a new, limited user account rather than allow VPN logins from your primary user account. (Click Add someone to create a new user account.) Ensure the user you allow has a very strong password, as a weak password could be cracked by a dictionary attack.

 

Select the Through the Internet option to allow VPN connections over the Internet. You can also allow incoming connections over a dial-up modem, if you have the dial-up hardware.

 

You can then select the networking protocols that should be enabled for incoming connections. For example, if you don’t want people connected to the VPN to have access to shared files and printers on your local network, you can uncheck the File and Printer Sharing option.

 

Click the Allow access button and Windows will set up a VPN server.

 

If you want to disable the VPN server in the future, you can delete the Incoming Connectionsitem from your Network Connections window.

 

Router Setup
 
(The username and password for the router are in the shaw booklet and I think they are saved on the server machine)

You will now need to log into your router’s setup page and forward port 1723 to the IP address of the computer where you set up the VPN server. For more instructions, read How to Forward Ports on Your Router.

For maximum security, you may want to create a port forwarding rule that forwards a random “external port” – such as 23243 – to “internal port” 1723 on your computer. This will allow you to connect to the VPN server using port 23243, and will protect you from malicious programs that scan and attempt to automatically connect to VPN servers running on the default port.

You can also consider using a router or firewall to only allow incoming connections from specific IP addresses.

To ensure you can always connect to the VPN server, you may want to set up a dynamic DNS service like DynDNS on your router.

Connecting to Your VPN Server

To connect to the VPN server, you will need your computer’s public IP address (its IP address on the Internet) or its dynamic DNS address, if you set up a dynamic DNS service above.

Use the Connect to a network option in Windows and enter your computer’s public IP address. Provide the username and password you created to log in.

I do it alot at work

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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Google around for 'Self host VPN' and 'Self host OpenVPN'. Those are your best bets.

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