Configuring branch office connection PPTP settings

1. To change PPTP settings for a branch office connection, select ProfilesBranch Office, then click Edit for the associated connection that you want to configure.
2. To configure PPTP settings, select PPTP as the tunnel type.

Figure 9 ProfilesBranch OfficeEdit Connection screen



3. Select one of the PPTP Authentication methods. Click the drop-down list and select the authentication method that you want to use for the branch office connection.
   
   

   Note: When you change the Authentication Type, the screen immediately changes to reflect the requirements of the new authentication method. Any changes that you might have made on the Authentication part of the previous screen are lost.

   
   
4. Enter the local user ID and password for the local gateways that you are configuring.
5. Enter the user ID of the remote gateways that you are configuring in the Peer field.
6. Enter the password for the UID, then confirm the password to verify that you entered it correctly. If you selected a variation of MS-CHAP V2 authentication, no password is required for the Local UID.
7. Select a Compression setting. Click to Enable or Disable compression. Click to enable the IPSec Hi/fn LZS compression or the PPTP, L2TP, or L2F Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression (MPPC) packet compression. Compression should be used when encryption is selected on analog modems. This is because encryption renders a modem's compression ineffective, and it can severely affect the performance of compressible applications. Also, data that is compressed before being transmitted makes more efficient use of lower speed network links.
8. Select the Compression/encryption stateless mode. Click to Enable or Disable this selection. This selection is not used if encryption and compression are both disabled.