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• 05Feb

  Control Panels For Windows Web Hosting

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  Windows Web Hosting is one of the most preferred web hosting options present in the Web Hosting Industry. The Windows web hosting services offers access to control panels in order to manage the web hosting account. With a control panel managing the account becomes simple, there is no need to contact the administrator everytime for resolving simple tasks such as creating a new mail account under a domain, deleting an account etc. There has been an increase in the number of users opting for control panel access for a web hosting account.

  Windows web hosting control panel’s are few as Windows isn’t an open source operating system, hence lot of knowledge of programming in order to be able to produce an application that is able to fully function with a Windows server. Windows web hosting services are becoming more and more popular in terms of control panels too due to the growing demand for Windows web hosting services and customers.

  
  

  There are various control panels offered by web hosting companies. Three control panels that are mainly offered by web hosting firm’s are Plesk, DotNetPanel and Hosting Controller.

  

  Out of these three Plesk is more widely used and it has been in the market since a long time. Plesk is considered to be the most reliable and stable control panel. Hosting controller is classed by many web hosting providers as unreliable but DotNetPanel has yet to gain exposure. These three control panels satisfy the core purpose of managing the Windows web hosting accounts hosted on the Windows servers.

  Below are few Advantages offered by the three control panels:

  A] DotNetPanel : DotNetPanel doesn’t only emphasize on standard shared Windows Web Hosting services but on advanced Microsoft service hosting too to support web hosting service providers increase the range of Windows based web hosting products. Cheap Hyper V based VPS hosting solutions as well as Microsoft Server 2007 e-mail hosting solutions can be provided by web hosts with this control panel. Web hosting services can be offered with a cheap cost by using DotNetPanel hence offering cheaper web hosting solution.

  B] Hosting Controller : Hosting controller is the biggest rival of Plesk provisioning characteristics. But, yet Hosting Controller has many other features to offer web hosting providers like built-in back-up and restore feature to ensure that if any data gets lost due to a software or hardware failure then there will be back-ups which can be relied on. control panel due to its focus on offering shared Windows web hosting services. Hosting Controller does not include any advanced management and

  C] Plesk : Plesk has the ability to offer the web hosting service provider as server administrators as well as the customers as easy way to use interface which one can use to configure the different settings related to both Plesk and one’s server as well as to create web hosting accounts for the customers front end. Plesk proves to be useful for those who are hosted on the server and wish to manage the account successfully and effectively. Plesk is more

  

  user friendly compared to others hence a newbie too can easily use Plesk.

  Similar to Plesk, cPanel has proved to be the most popular control panel for Linux web hosting.

  Tags: DotNetPanel, Hosting Control Panel, Hosting controller, Hyper V, Microsoft Server 2007, plesk, VPS hosting, Web Hosting, Windows Web Hosting

• 22Jan

  Game Server Web Hosting : Dedicated Server Hosting Is Highly Recommended

  Dedicated Server Hosting, Linux web hosting, Virtual Private Server, Web Hosting, Web Hosting Articles, Windows Web Hosting, game server hosting No Comments

  Online gaming industry is one of the highest earning businesses in the world of Internet today. The choices of online gamers have drastically changed. Online gamers no longer like to play simple games. Todays trend is of high definition and more realistic kind of games.

  
  

  Due to the ever increasing users of online gaming, many users have switched to dedicated server hosting to provide their customers with better services. In the initial stages users opted for shared web hosting packages to start the online gaming service. But as the number of gamers increased, the web hosting packages had to be upgraded. Today the big online gaming web-sites are hosted on dedicated servers.

  
  

  Today those who wish to start an online gaming website either select a VPS hosting package or Dedicated server options. Now-a-days Gaming websites isn’t a normal business website. Though not every gaming website needs a dedicated server. It depends on the type of game that is hosted on a server, the number of visitors to the website etc.

  Having an account for dedicated server with a web hosting company means, you are not required to share the server with any other user. Dedicated server hosting has more advantages than shared web hosting solutions. A dedicated server is necessary for the web-sites that has more traffic daily to the website. Usually most of the online gaming websites charge customers with certain amount of money every month for allowing them to play the games. Traffic on the Internet is dynamic, hence if a website is slow or takes long time to respond, then visitors might turn their back to such websites and search for a better option. Falling into such situations means losing out a lot of potential business. Here having a dedicated server hosting package becomes vital.

  
  

  The fact that dedicated game servers are costly but if thinking of a long term objective then hosting the game on a dedicated server from the beginning itself can repay well in future, because as the web-site grows older on the web, means more traffic and more traffic means more business.

  Usually a well reputed web hosting company provides assistance for all the queries regarding dedicated game server options. They would help your business grow. Hence, selecting the correct web hosting company is crucial. Selection of the appropriate operating system, data backups, bandwidth, package, hardware and space is the next thing after choosing a reliable web hosting company.

  Tags: dedicated game server, dedicated game server hosting, dedicated server, Dedicated Server Hosting, Online gaming, Shared Web Hosting, VPS hosting, Web Hosting

• 14Jan

  Competing Features Of cPanel 11 and Plesk 9

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  cPanel 11 and Plesk 9 are the latest control panels available for the web hosting service providers. These panels enable them to provide their web hosting services to their clients. With the help of these control panels provided by the hosting firms, clients can manage different tasks involved in the web hosting accounts, these panels simplifies the tasks for the support staff as clients are able to carry out majority of the tasks themselves. There are many different tasks that can be simplified with the use of these control panels, it involves the management of web services, E-mail, DNS and Database on both half’s i.e. client and administrator. Normally most of the web hosting service providers provide control panel access as a standard feature for the web hosting accounts. These control panels are simple to use, a person with no knowledge of web hosting too can operate it and hence this is one of the major reasons why these control panels have gained popularity in the web hosting industry.

  Until now cPanel is compatible with Linux Servers only. Which means cPanel can be provided by web hosting firms only to the clients that choose Linux Servers for hosting their web sites. Which is not the case with Plesk, Plesk control panel is compatible with Linux as well as with Windows web hosting platforms. Plesk is majorly used by web hosts due to its stability.

  
  

  cPanel and Plesk have their own advantages when used by customers and administrators of Web hosting services. Usually Plesk is provided with Windows Web Hosting service and cPanel with Linux Web Hosting solutions.

  
  

  Below one can find the advantages of Plesk control panel.

  >> Windows Support : Plesk works on Windows Web hosting service allowing web hosting service providers to provide Windows based web hosting packages to the customers. Customers ASP and ASP.NET websites can only work on Windows servers, so Windows Web Hosting service needs to be opted. Customers usually prefer Plesk with Windows Web Hosting.

  >> Windows Service Support : As Plesk can be used on Windows based servers it has the capability to integrate to integrate with multiple Windows based programs. It has an advanced feature support for some Windows programs such as Microsoft SQL Server which can be managed by Plesk 9.0 by server administrators and clients with their own databases which makes it an ideal control panel solution for Windows.

  >> Cross Platform Compatibility : From a system administrator’s point of view,  one may find it more beneficial having a single control panel on all the servers. Mastering a single control panel is much simpler than mastering two. As a customer one may find it easy since it means that one should be able to get the same sort of features from both Linux as well as from Windows web hosting solutions.

  Though Plesk seems to be perfect for Windows web hosting packages, it can also be used for Linux packages.

  cPanel is a preferred control panel for Linux web hosting services. Benefits of cPanel are as follows.

  >> More Features of Linux : cPanel encompasses more features for Linux web hosting solutions than Plesk control panel. cPanel can be used in combination with different add-ons such as Fantastico script installer and CFS firewall to provide customers a wide range of services which can be used from their web hosting accounts control panel, such features can’t be used on Plesk Linux Web Hosting servers.

  >> Reseller Support : Apart from Plesk 9.0 version, other versions does not provide support for reseller web hosting accounts whereas cPanel offers good support for resellers. cPanel is available with the Web Host Manager (WHM) panel which allows resellers to control all different aspects of their reseller accounts including the configuring of their own packages and the setting up of client web hosting accounts.

  >> Faster Loading : cPanel’s internal pages load more faster than those of Plesk and certain tasks are carried out quicker than they would be with the Plesk control panel. cPanel does not rely on external databases in much cases, this is one of the reasons of the smooth functioning. cPanel has proven to be more reliable than Plesk on Linux.

  To sum it up, both the control panels cPanel and Plesk provide web hosting service provider firms a reliable control panel service but come with their own advantages and disadvantages. But, Plesk for Windows and cPanel for Linux is the perfect solution offered by web hosting firms.

  Tags: asp, ASP.net, CFS firewall, control panel, cPanel 11, Fantastico, Linux web hosting, Plesk 9, Web Hosting, web services, Windows Service, Windows Web Hosting

• 13Jan

  Use of Parallel’s Plesk Control Panel In Web Hosting Industry.

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  Parallel’s Plesk Control Panel is considered to be a highly recommended and one of the most used control panels in the Web Hosting Industry today. Plesk control panel can operate with Windows as well as on Linux platforms.

  Plesk is an ideal solution for Dedicated, Shared and Virtual hosting. Plesk control panel is the most stable and secure multi-platform web hosting control panel available for users. Most of the leading web hosting service providers use Plesk for the purpose of increasing their per server profitability. There are many benefits of using Plesk Control panel. Windows and Linux server’s can make use of Plesk.

  
  

  Dedicated Web Hosting

  Plesk’s RPM installation and modular design allow Dedicated Hosting providers to satisfy the needs of tech savvy customers. It deploys and is ready in a very short time. It provides high performance solutions which is comprehensive yet inexpensive. There are many unique features such as XML-API which automize the provisioning process and integrating 3^rd party applications, included in Plesk. It includes a complete Software Development Kit with multiple backend utilities delivering service providers and customers more power to adapt their offerings as well as an avenue for easy up selling and additions.

  Shared Web Hosting

  Plesk’s tiered self administration and uniform multi platform design is perfect for the management of a shared web hosting environment. The control panel strengthens providers for managing multiple domains running reliably on highly scalable  architecture optimizes for the reseller channel. A person with no technical background too can easily create, manage and set-up accounts while customers can administer their virtual domains without the support from the technical staff. Plesk satisfies the needs of both simple and complex web hosting system configurations at the same time allowing full customization.

  Virtual Web Hosting

  Plesk efficiently delivers management power with a small footprint making it an ideal for Virtual Private Server Hosting solution. With the use of Virtuozzo, Plesk users can deploy templates of Plesk control panel systems. Virtual servers provide an isolated dedicated server environment. Getting upgrades has never been so simple before from a single VPS console. Plesk and Virtuozzo are unsurpassed in their ability to increase ROI and generate revenue for the professional web hosting provider.

  Tags: Dedicated Server Hosting, Linux Hosting, Parallel, Parallel’s Plesk, plesk, Shared Server Hosting, Virtual Private Server Hosting, VPS Server Hosting, Web Hosting, windows hosting

• 10Jan

  HyperVM A multi-Virtualization Software: Boon For VPS Hosting Providers

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  HyperVM is a multi-virtualization, multi-server and multi-tiered software which permits VPS seller to manage, provide and delegate Open VZ or Xen based Virtual Private Servers (VPS). HyperVM is available in an integrated form with Lxadmin hosting control panel. With the use of HyperVM the service provider is enabled to deploy a full fledged web hosting system. As said HyperVM is integrated with Lxadmin, all Lxadmin functions can be accessed from HyperVM with no requirement of logging into Lxadmin. HyperVM enables users to manage VPS across multiple servers transparently. It specializes in the provision of mechanism to manage their networking configuration i.e. gateway and IP address, from the Control Panel. HyperVM has a complete pool of IP addresses to fulfill large scale management.

  
  

  The virtualization software plays a helpful role in the Web Hosting business.
  

  Below are Steps to Configure, Set-Up and Add a HyperVM Server

  A] Configuring HyperVM Automatically

  In the module of HyperVM one can find options where the HyperVM can be added through an automation process. This makes it simpler for you as well as for the clients.

  When a client selects an OS (Operating System) to be installed on the VPS, below method instantly creates the configuration instead of the pre-selected configuration by you.

  • Go to Package
  • Hit the Configurable Option
  • Click on the Add New Configurable Option
  • In the Option Name, correctly write Operating System without any quotes
  • In Add Option enter Operating System’s name
  • Create a new option for every Operating System

  B] Setting Up A HyperVM Package

  Follow following Steps in order to create a HyperVM package in WHMCS

  • Configuration >>> Services/Product
  • Click Create New Product >>> Enter Name of the new package
  • Set product type to Other >>> Untick the Show Domain Option
  • Now, Configure pricing, welcome E-mail and the other options of configurations as normal
  • Go to Module Settings tab of the product configuration
  • Here select HyperVM in the module Type drop down menu
  • The page would get refreshed with the options for HyperVM package
  • In Type field enter the type of server the package is for (OpenVZ or Xen)
  • Enter Plan Name as appearing in the plan name listed in the dropdown in HyperVM when creating a new server
  • In the OS Template field enter exactly as appears in the drop down menu
  • In Server box you need to enter the slave server to set it on
  • Select the Number of IP’s to be allocated.
  • Set Up a custom field on the custom fields tab of Username which is set to show on the order form and be required so users can enter their desired username while placing the order.

  This ends the configuration of HyperVM Package.

  C] Steps to Add a HyperVM Server

  • Configuration >>> Servers
    

  • Add New Server
    
  • Add Master Server Name, IP Address >>> select server type as HyperVM from the dropdown list >>> Enter HyperVM username and Password
    
  • Click Create Server to finish the process

  Tags: HyperVM, Linux VPS Hosting, Lxadmin, OpenVZ, Virtual Private Servers, virtualization, vps, Xen

• 09Jan

  VPS Hosting Disadvantages

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  As we are aware that as there are advantages of certain things so are the disadvantages . Same is the case with VPS hosting too. As there are advantages of VPS hosting so are some disadvantages.

  VPS offers two options to choose from Linux VPS Hosting and Windows VPS Hosting. Essentially there is one root operating system which creates the hardware node. Multiple Virtual nodes can be created on top of the Hardware nodes with the use of software’s. Virtual Nodes make use of the same registry and system files to maximize efficiency and minimize usage of hard disk and memory. This enables an independent execution of virtual servers without interference from other virtual servers connected to the same hardware node or physical server.

  Disadvantages of VPS Hosting:

  1) Risks:

  Most of the web hosting companies does not provide the users with their own IP address. In case the user is used to shared hosting service this is a risk that you are familiar with. But incase user is seeking a more cost effective alternative than the dedicated server and then as most users are unaware, you might be sharing your IP address with users present on the same server. Then in this case there is a greater list of your web-site getting banned because of the illegal act done by some of the other users present on the same server, as the IP itself gets banned.

  2) Limitations on Hardware:

  The fact that a single server is shared by many users on a same physical server cannot be denied, hence there might arise competition between sharing resources with other users hence resulting in slower services during peak hours. At sometime it might also happen that the website may not respond at all.

  Account holders may not have access to certain resources such as RAM and processor during some moments due to data log jams though this is not very common. Such set backs might majorly affect the online business of the users.

  3) Reduction in Control:

  Under some Virtual Private Server platforms, users share software components. Although unlikely this sharing may result in an ability to configure individual settings independently of the clients that are hosting on the same physical server.

  4) Increased Responsibility:

  Extra control comes with increased responsibilities. Under the shared VPS solutions users might not be responsible of for the updates and upgrades for the operating system. The software installations, security software installations, site maintenance, software patches, site security and other would be the responsibility of the account holder.

  Tags: Disadvantages of VPS Hosting, Linux VPS Hosting, VPS hosting, VPS Web Hosting, Web Hosting, Windows VPS hosting

• 09Jan

  Windows Server 2008 - Dedicated Server Hosting

  Dedicated Server Hosting, Hosting Support, MS SQL Hosting, Microsoft, Virtual Private Server, Web Hosting, Windows Web Hosting 2 Comments

  Windows Server 2008 Datacenter edition offers large scale virtualization to small to large server systems with workloads which require highest levels of availability, scalability and reliability. Memory and processing requirements of large scale, critical applications like ERP, databases, server consolidations, custom and line of business applications are well supported by Windows 2008 Datacenter Edition. Datacenter edition is a good option for virtual workloads as unlimited virtualization licensing is coupled with scalability.

  Windows Server 2008 is one of the most preferred server’s by Web Hosting firms.

  Main scenarios of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition :

  A] Windows Server 2008 with SQL Server and Exchange Server

  1. E-mails are considered to be critical applications as downtime affects productivity. Implementation of high availability solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server becomes very important in such cases. Scalability too is important as it enables users to provide more mailboxes or else to increase the size of the mailbox with lesser server footprint.
  2. Customers make use of Microsoft SQL Server for database applications where high availability and scalability are important.

  B] High Availability

  Windows  Server 2008 Datacenter edition helps in keeping vital server workloads available to customers, partners and employees around the world and around the clock using

  1. Geographically scattered clustering which spans network subnets
  2. Dynamic hardware partitioning which supports Hot/Add Replace Memory and  Hot Add/Replace Processor.
  3. Failover clustering which supports upto 16 nodes
  4. Flawless real time operating system memory backup

  C] Identity and Security Management

  This new authentication architecture in Windows Server 2008 datacenter delivers advanced identity and access management features which help in maintaining employee productivity, parallely enhancing security of the IT operations

  1. Better management of certificates and smart card enrollment with Advanced Certificate Management Services (ADCS)
  2. Federated access to internal resources for external users through Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).

  D] Large Scale Virtualization

  Server virtualization technology allows to optimize the resources and realize significant infrastructure and management cost saving. It offers an ideal platform for enterprise scale virtualization:

  1. Quick migration couples the failover clustering of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter edition with Windows Server 2008 Hyper V for moving virtualized server workloads from one host server to another with minimum disruption. It maintains the availability of virtualized servers in the event of both planned and unplanned downtime
  2. Its license include unlimited virtualization rights  providing customers to use rights to run an unlimited number of virtualized instances of Windows Server on processors licensed with Windows Server 2008 datacenter without purchasing any additional licenses

  E] Increased Scalability

  Windows Server 2008 Datacenter easily scales to adapt to the increased needs of data warehousing and transaction processing .

  1. Supports upto 2 tera bytes of RAM (64 Gb on 32 bit system)
  2. Authentication and authorization for unlimited number of network connection requests
  3. Support for upto 64 processors i.e. 32 processors on 32-bit systems
  4. Supports unlimited Virtual Private Network connections (VPN).

  Tags: Datacenter, Dedicated Server Hosting, ERP, Microsoft SQL Server, virtualization, Web Hosting, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter edition, Windows Server 2008 Hyper V

• 08Jan

  Windows or Linux VPS Hosting The Best Alternative To Windows and Linux Dedicated Hosting.

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  Virtual Private Server (VPS) or VPS Hosting as more commonly referred, is enabled with the partitioning of a high specification machine into Virtual Servers. Like the dedicated servers, VPS too provides private environments to the customers.

  VPS offers similar features as that of a dedicated server. The VPS web hosting is available in two options 1. Windows VPS Hosting and 2. Linux VPS Hosting.

  Multiple operating systems or software’s can be run on the same physical server, yet offering completely private server environment similar to the dedicated server environment. Every VPS hosting environment is entirely independent from other VPS systems and memory, the CPU processes and disk space can be segregated for each Virtual Private Server. This offers most of the benefits as that of a dedicated server but at much lower prices.

  

  Below are few other benefits of Windows VPS hosting and Linux VPS Hosting.

  a) Individual secure and separate VPS hosting environment

  b) Offers the ability to host multiple web-sites on a virtual server(s)

  c) Offers enhances control which includes server back-ups and reboots

  d) Complete anti-virus protection

  e) Virtuozzo power panel offering

  f) Plesk control panel for Windows

  g) Complete remote control and access of VPS servers

  h) The ability to install and configure whatever applications the client wishes on the VPS server

  i) Highly flexible servers can be upgraded without any kind of interruption in the services(depends who the web host is)

  j) Fully managed servers which include updates on operating system.

  VPS hosting provides customers with more secure hosting environment, with complete root access and the ability to configure and install anything that the customer wishes within his/er environment. On a particular machine there are more than one virtual servers, none of the users can view, change, configure, de-configure, install, uninstall  or delete any data from the other VPS account on the same server.

  To learn more about VPS features, benefits and usage, please refer to the below given links:

  • Future Web Hosting Initiates With Virtual Private Servers

  • Virtual Private Server (VPS) And Types Of VPS Control Panels

  • Windows Virtual Private Server Hosting Explained In A Simple Way

  Tags: Linux VPS Hosting, Microsoft, plesk, Plesk control panel, Virtual Private Server, Virtual Servers, Virtuozzo, vps, VPS hosting, VPS Web Hosting, windows, Windows VPS hosting

• 09Dec

  Virtual Private Server (VPS) And Types Of VPS Control Panels

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  Virtual Private Server Hosting or VPS hosting is one of the most popular types of Web Hosting Solutions. VPS hosting solutions are offered on Linux as well as Windows operating systems. VPS has secured a major role in the web hosting industry. Hence, it becomes important to know the types of VPS products to be used in a given service. Below is a brief description of control panels offered by different Web Hosting for VPS hosting.

  VPS is an abbreviation of Virtual Private Server, it allows multiple Virtual Servers to run within a single physical server. Each VPS is allotted a specific portion of resources. So, regardless of what resources other VPS’s on the same server use, the amount of RAM and hard disk space allotted to a particular VPS will not get affected. One VPS on a server cannot use the data or even view other VPS’s data. Hence, each VPS has its own server load. It can be individually rebooted. It acts similar to a Dedicated server.

  There are different types of control panels offered by Web Hosting firms for VPS.

  Types Of VPS Control Panel

  - Xen : This control panel is new as compared to the other control panels and is yet underdevelopment, yet it has become very popular and many Web Hosting companies have already adopted it with VPS. The basic reason for this popularity is its efficiency in limiting the amount of system resources that is used. Usually a VPS control panel use high resources when running on the server. But Xen has a different usage technique of resource management. The features of Xen and Virtuozzo are very similar except that it does not support Burstable RAM as of now.

  Xen is yet underdevelopment so users might find some bugs.

  - Virtuozzo : This is one of the most preferred and widely used control panel. Virtuozzo is developed by SwSoft. It allows users to handle their VPS very similar to a dedicated server. Virtuozzo allows users to use Burstable RAM. Burstable RAM is a technology which too is supported by SwSoft. When a users needs more RAM than the usually needed then there is an additional RAM used by users on the server, Burstable RAM allows that user to use more RAM for a limited period of time. This feature makes Virtuozzo pretty flexible and useful.

  - Vmware : Vmware is one more leading control panel preferred in the Web Hosting industry. It allows users the exact opportunities as that of Virtuozzo except the Burstable RAM technology. But it supports technologies such as Multi-OS or Multi-based Operating System. With this, more than one Operating System’s can be provided to work on the same server. This helps in reducing the costs of the companies by not needing to buy another server for a different OS.

  Tags: Burstable RAM, control panels, Multi-OS, Server Load, SWsoft, Virtual Private Server, Virtuozzo, Vmware, vps, VPS hosting, Web Hosting, web hosting solutions, Xen

• 06Dec

  Easy Steps To Create A VPN on a Windows VPS

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  Inorder to create a VPN(Virtual Private Network) on a Windows Virtual Private Server users need to contact the web hosting service provider. Once it is enabled for the VPS, follow the following steps:

  START >>> RUN >>> Type ‘services.msc’

  Select the Routing and Remote Access from the services list. Go to its Properties. Switchthe start-up type to Automatic then Apply. An option “Start this service” will get displayed if everything is correctly executed. This option helps in routing the traffic.

  Then,

  START >>> SETTINGS >>> Control Panel >>> Administrative Tools >>> Click Routing and Remote Access.

  Then Right click on the computer then select the option Configure and Enable Remote and Routing Access. The Firewall needs to be stopped before carrying out the procedure.

  Click the Configuration Wizard,

  • Click Next

  • From the configuration list select Custom Configuration and hit Next

  • Select VPN Access and NAT and Basic Firewall Option, hit Next

  • Click on Finish tab. This would end the wizard.

  After this check if the PPTP and L2TP VPN access in the firewall is enabled, this should be enabled with Private Routing Capability.

  Now, the private Traffic to the Public Interface need to be routed , this can be done by configuring the users VPS.

  Inorder to configure the VPS any of the following is important:

  1) One can use NAT (Network Address Translation) with the use of Microsoft Loobac Adapter

  Or

  2) Two Network Interfaces to route to each other

  The first option needs to be worked on as most of the users might not find VPS Hosting with two network interfaces.

  Steps To Configure NAT:

  1) Go to Routing and Remote Access panel

  2) Expand computer name (Local)

  3) Expand IP Routing

  4) Right Click on NAT/Basic Firewall

  5) Use New Interface to add the network translation.

  First the ‘Internal’ Interface must be added. This interface is for private network access with default settings. Add the main adapter to the NAT list on the second attempt and press Select.

  Now Select the ‘Public Interface Connected to This Interface’ option.

  Now Enable NAT on this Interface.

  The Address translation must be working on the network by now. The Private requests should now be translated and users can use this VPN as the Internet Gateway.

  Select the Dial-In permission after the New user is added from properties incase the user wants to allow permission to users to use VPN.

  Tags: Virtual Private Network, VPN, vps, Web Hosting, Windows Virtual Private Server

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