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Hi so I have made a VPN on my home server on windows server 2016 when I try and connect though local ip it says "A connection to the remote computer could not be established; you might need to change the network settings for this connection" I'm not sure what this error is. What I want is to connect to the VPN from College so I have access to things I want on my server, and plus have the other things that come with a VPN.

 

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Anybody can correct me if I'm wrong but from my understanding in order to do setup a VPN like that you need a server on both networks with appropriate ports forwarded. The link is established through the two servers.

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13 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Anybody can correct me if I'm wrong but from my understanding in order to do setup a VPN like that you need a server on both networks with appropriate ports forwarded. The link is established through the two servers.

Nope, you need a server and a client. The server being on home network, and the laptop being the client to the server.

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13 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Anybody can correct me if I'm wrong but from my understanding in order to do setup a VPN like that you need a server on both networks with appropriate ports forwarded. The link is established through the two servers.

Two servers? That’s not right. You’d have a server and a client. 

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12 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Two servers? That’s not right. You’d have a server and a client. 

I'm thinking of tunneling aren't I?

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1 hour ago, XeanWolf20 said:

Hi so I have made a VPN on my home server on windows server 2016 when I try and connect though local ip it says "A connection to the remote computer could not be established; you might need to change the network settings for this connection" I'm not sure what this error is. What I want is to connect to the VPN from College so I have access to things I want on my server, and plus have the other things that come with a VPN.

in server you need to link vpn gateway to lan interfaces ip address

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