How to configure a Linux PPTP VPN client

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 November 2011 01:58 Written by A.Jesin Sunday, 27 November 2011 01:58

Configuring a VPN client connection is a simple matter of point and click in Windows OSes, but in Linux it is involves installing a package, configuring passwords, VPN server settings and finally routing the traffic destined for the VPN network via the VPN connection. The package named pptp is used on the client side for configuring a connection. To setup a VPN server read How to setup a VPN Server in Windows Server 2008. This tutorial is for both Debian Linux variants and Red Hat Linux variants. Read More…

How to setup a VPN Server in Windows Server 2008

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 November 2011 12:53 Written by A.Jesin Sunday, 20 November 2011 09:31

This article will explain the procedure for setting up a VPN server in Windows Server 2008. The VPN protocol used will be PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol). The method outlined here uses an environment consisting of an active directory server, a DHCP server, few workstation PCs and a VPN server. Configuration of the VPN server alone is explained in the following steps

  1. Configure IP addresses on the VPN server
  2. Join the VPN server to the domain
  3. Install Network Policy and Access Server Role
  4. Configure Routing and Remote Access
  5. Allow users to login via VPN
  6. Setup a VPN connection on the remote client PC

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How to create a horizontal drop down menu in CSS

Last Updated on Wednesday, 2 November 2011 10:13 Written by A.Jesin Wednesday, 2 November 2011 10:11

Its been a long time since I wrote an article in this category (Web Design) so I decided to write an article on creating a horizontal drop down menu purely with HTML and CSS. To create a simple menu see CSS Horizontal Navigation Menu. Since the horizontal drop down menu uses only CSS and HTML it doesn’t work with Internet Explorer 6. The whole drop down menu concept makes use of the CSS pseudo class :hover, when you place the mouse pointer over a parent menu the CSS “display” attribute changes to “block” and displays the drop down menu, when you move the mouse pointer away from the menu the “display” attribute changes to “none” so the drop down menu disappears. Read More…