How to set up a VPN: Step 2 -- Implement DHCP services |
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| 28 Mar 2005 | Brien M. Posey |
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Learn how to implement DHCP services in this step in our guide to setting up a VPN.
- Open the server's Control Panel and select Add or Remove Programs.
- When the Add or Remove Programs dialog box appears, click the Add/Remove Windows Components button.
- Select the Networking Services option and then click Details.
- Now select Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) from the list of network services, then click OK, followed by Next.
Windows will now install the DHCP services. When the installation completes, you will have to create an address scope and authorize the DHCP server to function on your network.
- To do so, select the DHCP option from the Administrative Tools menu to open the DHCP console.
- Right click on your server within the DHCP console and select Authorize.
- After you authorize the DHCP server, right click on the server's listing within the console again and select New Scope. This will launch the New Scope Wizard.
- Click Next to bypass the wizard's welcome screen.
- Enter a name for the scope that you are creating then click Next. (You can call it anything you want, but for the purposes of this tutorial, I will be referring to the scope as 'Corporate Network.')
- You will now be asked to enter an IP address range. Just specify a start and end address that is consistent with the IP addressing scheme you are already using, but that does not overlap any existing addresses. The Length and Subnet Mask fields will be filled in for you automatically.
- The next three screens contain settings that you don't have to worry about. Just click Next three times until you reach the Router (Default Gateway) screen.
- Enter the IP address of your network's default gateway, click Add, then Next.
- Type in the name of your domain and the IP address of your DHCP server and click Next.
- Click Next again to skip the WINS configuration screen.
- Finally, verify that the Yes, I Want To Activate The Scope Now option is selected then click Next and Finish.
HOW TO SET UP A VPN
 Home: Introduction
Step 1: Setup requirements
Step 2: Implement DHCP services
Step 3: Create an enterprise certificate authority
Step 4: Install IAS
Step 5: Configure IAS
Step 6: Create a remote access policy
Step 7: Configure the VPN server
Step 8: Associate the VPN server with the DHCP server
Step 9: Configure your remote clients
Step 10: Test the client connection
Step 11: Alternate VPN configuration options
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Brien M. Posey, MCSE
Brien is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work with Windows 2000 Server and IIS. He has served as CIO for a nationwide chain of hospitals and was once in charge of IT security for Fort Knox. As a freelance technical writer, he has written for Microsoft, TechTarget, CNET, ZDNet, MSD2D, Relevant Technologies and other technology companies.
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