Intellinet Network Solutions 501705 Server User Manual


 
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desktop. Click Finish when done.
7. Use the user name and password on your Appliance to log in. You
should be able to see the Appliance in your network neighborhood
now. You must initiate the VPN connection each time unless you
selected otherwise.
TIPS: If all you need is file transfer, we suggest using the FTP server feature,
as it is faster and simpler. If you must use the PPTP VPN feature, then you
can also disable the encryption under Properties -> Security to increase the
performance.
Pinging
You can test your network connection in various situations with this very
simple method.
From a command
prompt, type in: ping
<IP address> or ping
<network name>
If there are replies,
then there is a
connection running
between the two
machines.
By pinging the device
name, we also get the
IP address of that
device also.