Create VPN Server on Windows 8

No need to install any additional applications, you can easily 'turn' your computer into a VPN server if you're using Windows 8.

Create VPN Server on Windows 8

Step 1

On Windows 8's Modern UI, press the Windows + Q key combination to open the search sidebar . Then enter "ncpa.cpl". The results appear, click ncpa.cpl to activate Network Connections . In addition, you can also open the Network Connections window from the Desktop interface.

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Step 2

Press Alt will see an additional menu bar on the Network Connections window, go to File , select New Incoming Connection.

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Step 3

Normally, Windows already has a number of user accounts, which users can use to make a remote VPN login account, but better yet, you should create a new VPN-specific account. Simply click Add someone, enter your username ( User name ), your full name ( Full name ), password ( Password ) and confirm your password ( Confirm password ). Done, click OK . In turn, you can create multiple accounts like that.

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Step 4

Check the box before the names of the accounts you want to use, in the User accounts on this computer list , click Next.

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Step 5

So, having completed the main setup steps, you continue to click Next, Allow access , and then wait for the application to handle some necessary tasks. Done, click Close.

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Create VPN Client using Windows 7/8

After completing creating a VPN Server on Windows 8, you can log in remotely with another computer using Windows 8 , or Windows 7 .

With Windows 8

Step 1

On the Modern UI interface, press Windows + Q , enter " virtual private" in the search box, select Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connnection in the results that appear.

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Step 2

A window to create a VPN connection appears, enter the IP address of the VPN Server into the Internet address box , give any name for the VPN connection in the Destination name box .

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Step 3

In the list of current connections, the VPN connection name has just been initialized, click Connect at this connection.

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Step 4

Declare User name and Password of the selected account while creating the VPN Server, click OK.

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With Windows 7

Step 1

Press Windows, enter vpn in the search box, select Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connnection.

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Step 2

Declare the IP address of the VPN Server and name the VPN connection you are creating, click Next.

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Step 3

Provide the VPN account information you created, click Connect. Done, click Close.

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Step 4

In the connection list, the name of the VPN connection is added, click here, select Connect.

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Note

If you have declared the correct account information, but still cannot log in to the VPN Server, you can re-enter the Network Connections window (ncpa.cpl) of the computer you are using as the VPN Server (Windows 8), click Right click on the created connection, select Properties , the User tab, uncheck the line before Require all users to secure their passwords and data, OK .

After successfully connecting to the VPN Server, to access the data sharing folder of the VPN Server from the current client, type in the address_IP syntax . For example: 192.168.120.128.

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In this way, you can share data from computers within a simple LAN system in the form of Remote Access. If you want to expand the scope of use, you need to perform configuration forwarding (Forward Ports), DNS from Modem / Router is quite complicated.