Site – To – Site VPN is used when there is a need for VPN connection between to sites both location exchanging connections back and forth and both locations have VPN or RAS server. In this tutorial, we will use the location A and B as an example.
To Configure Site-to-Site VPN between location A and location B, follow these steps:
1. Connect to VPN/RAS server in location A.
2. Click Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Routing & Remote Access.
3. Configure
VPN for location A VPN/RAS server.
4. Double click the Server object and make sure that “Router” and “Remote Access” check boxes are checked.
5. Enable enough PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) for use with Demand-dial. To do this, double click Ports, check “Remote access connections and Demand-dial routing connections”. Type maximum number of Ports to connect to.
6. Enable Demand-dial Interface;
a. Right click Network Interfaces and click New Demand-dial Interface.
b. Click Next to continue Demand-dial Interface Wizard.
c. Type the Interface name (eg. Location A) and click Next.
d. Select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and click Next.
e. Type IP address of location B VPN server or destination IP.
f. Check the Protocols and Security options apply (check both) and click Next.
g. Type the dial-in password for location B to connect location A and click Next.
h. Type the dial-out password for location A to connect location B and click Next.
i. Click Next and click Finish.
7. Setup the Static Routes to acknowledge the network of location A in location B and vise versa.
a. Right click Static Routes and click New Static Route.
b. Select location A in the Interface field.
c. Type the network ID and sub mask of location B in the Destination field and click Ok.
8. Configure
VPN for location B VPN/RAS server.
8. Enable the Demand-dial interface for location B same as we for location A. Follow the same process.
9. Setup the
remote access policy for both locations.
10. Create two remote users for location A & B to run the VPN connection.
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