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This note will explain how to establish a PPTP LAN-to-LAN VPN between two DrayTek Vigor Routers.

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1. Go to  User Management >> User Profile , click  Add  to create a new profile:

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a. Enter Username 
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b. Check Enable
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c. Enter Password
d. (Optional) Enter 0 for  Idle Timeout  to avoid VPN disconnecting when there's no traffic
e. Select a LAN interface for the peer router at DHCP from
f. Select "Enable" for PPTP Dial-in
g. Click  Apply  to save the profile.

2. Go to  VPN and Remote Access >> VPN Profile >> PPTP Dial-In,  click  Add  to create a new profile:

a. Enter a Profile name
b. Check Enable
c. Select the PPTP profile created for the Branch office to dial in at PPTP User Name
d. Enter  Local IP / Subnet Mask  as the LAN network of Vigor3900 in Headquarter you'd like to link
to the branch office
e. Click  Add  in  Remote IP / Subnet Mask a nd enter the LAN network of Vigor3900 in Branch Office
f. Click  Apply  to save the profile.
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Vigor3900 in Branch Office

3. Go to  VPN and Remote Access >> VPN Profile >> PPTP Dial-Out  click  Add  to create a new profile:

a. Enter a Profile name
b. Check Enable
c. Select "Enable" for Always On
d. Select wan1 for Dial-Out Through (the primary WAN to build the VPN)
e. (Optional) Select wan2 for Failover to  (the backup WAN to build the VPN)
f. Enter  PPTP User Name  and  PPTP Password as the same as step 1.
g. Enter  Local IP / Subnet Mask  as the LAN network of Vigor3900 in Branch Office (must be the
same as step 2-e)
h. Click  Add  in  Remote IP / Subnet Mask  and enter the LAN network of Vigor3900 in Headquarter 
(must be the same as step 2-d)
i. Click  Apply  to save the profile.

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4. After finishing the above configurations, the PPTP VPN between the Vigor3900s is up. We may go to  VPN

and Remote Access >> Connection Management  to check the status.

5. Because the Failover To settings in step 3, When WAN1 of Vigor3900 in the branch office goes down,

Vigor3900 will dial out the PPTP tunnel through its WAN2 interface to the Vigor3900 in the headquarter.

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Published On: 2017-08-01 

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