Incoming VPN and DialUp Access
Windows 7 has a stripped-down Remote Access Server (RAS) built in, and you can use it to connect to your computer by modem, or through the Internet, from another location using any computer running Windows 7, Vista, XP, or 2000. After you're connected, you can access your computer's shared files and printers just as you can on your home or office network. This incoming dial-up and VPN feature is available even on the
SSTP Adapter, or L2TP Adapter. Note the gateway IP address listed. This address can be used as the gateway address to send packets destined for all subnets on the remote network. Suppose you're connecting to a dial-up networking host through a connection named Client Net and you find these connection addresses: PPP adapter Client Net:
Now suppose you know that there are two other subnets on the remote network: 192.168.10.0 mask 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.15.0 mask 255.255.255.0. You can reach these two networks by typing two route commands:
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