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[Colin137]

 Since the VPN server setup for the WZR-HP-G300NH is not explained in the manual, here's a sticky for the setup. If you have problems or questions, please post in a separate thread.

• This walkthrough assumes a few things, the setup will be slightly different otherwise.
  • The router is directly connected to the internet.
  • The ISP allows PPTP VPN traffic on their network.
  • The computer that's setting all this up is connected directly to the router (that is, not remote).
• There are three main parts to the setup:
  • Set up the router for Dynamic DNS (DDNS) using DynDNS or TZO (This isn't really necessary, but if you have a dynamic IP through cable or DSL, your public IP address will change occasionally)
  • Set up the VPN Server in the router
  • Set up the client computer's PPTP connection

DDNS setup through DynDNS.com

DynDNS.com and TZO.com have Dynamic DNS services that link your public IP address to yourhostname.domainname.com, so you don't have to know your public IP address to access your network. The DDNS client on the router updates the IP address given to the DDNS provider's server when it changes. This means that yourhostname.domainname.com will direct traffic to your public IP address, even after the IP address changes, assuming the DDNS client is set up correctly. TZO.com is a paid service, but DynDNS.com offers free DDNS services. The setup listed here is for DynDNS.com, since it's free and I've never used TZO.

• In order to use the DDNS feature of the router, the router must have a public Internet/WAN IP address and a working internet connection.

This is the setup for DynDNS. We have no control over DynDNS, so we cannot support it beyond basic setup:

1. Create an account at www.dyndns.com.
2. Once you've logged in, click on the My Services link in the top right corner of the page.
3. In the Host Services heading, click the Add Hostname link.
4. Pick a hostname. There are two parts, the subdomain and the domain. Make up a subdomain, and pick a domain from the available ones in the pulldown box.
5. Set the Service Type to Host with IP Address. Click the link that says "Use auto detected IP address", then click Create Host. Wildcard and Mail Routing are not necessary.
6. After the hostname has been created, click Next, then Activate Services.

You now have yourhostname.domainname.com set up, and can continue with configuring the router for DDNS:

1. Log in to the web interface of the router. Click on Internet/LAN, then DDNS.
2. Change Dynamic DNS Service to DynDNS or TZO
3. Enter in the DDNS information. For DynDNS, the settings are User Name, Password, and Hostname. The username and password are for the account set up on dyndns.com. The hostname is the full hostname they set up, for example, yourhost.dyndns.org.
4. After clicking Apply, the Current Dynamic DNS Information table should list the WAN IP, Domain Name, and Status.

VPN Server setup

A basic VPN setup is pretty simple to configure:

1. Log in to the web interface of the router. Click on Internet/LAN, then VPN Server.
2. Ignore the red text telling you that "The LAN side IP address and DHCP IP address pool should be changed." That error is only referring to potential issues if you have another Buffalo router on the network with an active DHCP server.
3. Check the box to enable the PPTP Server Function. If you're not sure which Authorization Type to use, leave it set on MS-CHAPv2 (40/128-bit Encryption). Click Apply.
4. Click the Edit User Information button. Create a username/password combination for PPTP clients to use. You can create multiple users. Click Add User. The new user should appear in the PPTP User List with their status.

VPN Client Setup

Setting up the client computer to connect to the VPN server is simple too:

1. Go to the Network Connections control panel. On the left, click Create a New Connection to bring up the
2. Click Next. Select "Connect to the network at my workplace", click Next. Select "Virtual Private Network connection", click Next.
3. For Company Name, type in the name you would like the connection to show up as, then click Next. Select "Do not dial the initial connection", click Next.
4. For Host name or IP address, enter the DDNS hostname that you set up, or the public IP address of the router. Click Next a few more times to finish the wizard.

Once this setup is done, that computer will be able to connect to the VPN server when it is connected elsewhere on the internet. To connect, click Start->Connect to, then select the name you set up in Company Name. You'll be prompted for the username and password that you set up in the PPTP User List.

Message Edited by Colin137 on 05-21-2009 07:11 PM