All RY servers support Microsoft PPTP VPN, which comes built-in with Windows 2000/XP/Vista.

Securely connect to your company network from home or on the road from any Internet connection (dialup/high speed). You can connect and access files just like you were in the office (speed varies depending on Internet speed) using the built-in VPN connection from any Windows PC or Mac.

You will need the following information to set up your VPN connection:

1. Host name: Follows the format of account.remotelyyours.com
2. VPN User Name: Usually "manager"
3. VPN Password: Assigned when you get your server.

Contact your systems administrator/company representative for this confidential information before following these steps.

Windows Vista

1. Click on Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center
   
2. On the top left corner of the window, click on Set up a connection or network
3. Choose Connect to a workplace
4. If prompted "Do you want to use a connection that you already have", choose No, create a new connection
5. Click Use my Internet connection (VPN)
   
6. Enter your Host name beside Internet Address
7. For Destination name, enter any description such as "Remote connect to office"
   
8. Check Don't connect now; just set it up so I can connect later, then click Next
9. Enter your VPN User Name (usually manager) beside User Name
   
10. Enter your VPN Password beside Password
11. Click Create
12. Click Close
13. In the Network and Sharing Center window, click on Connect to a network
14. Right click on the connection you just created, and choose Properties
15. Click on the Networking tab, and uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)
16. Click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then click on Properties
17. Click Advanced
18. Uncheck the box beside Use default gateway on remote network,
    
19. Click OK, Click OK, Click OK
20. Click Connect
    

Windows 2000/XP

1. Click on Start > My Network Places
2. Click on View Network Connections
3. Click on Create a new connection
4. The New Connection Wizard pops up - click Next
5. Choose Connect to the network at my workplace, click Next
6. Click on Virtual Private Network connection, then click Next
7. Enter a friendly name for the icon that will appear on your desktop. Use "Connect to Your Company Name" or similar name for the icon which will appear on your desktop. Click Next.
8. Choose Do not dial the initial connection, click Next
9. Enter the Host name (companyname.remotelyyours.com) provided to you by your Systems Administrator.
10. Check Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop, then click Finish.
11. The Connect screen appears, click on the Networking tab
12. Click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click on Properties
13. Click on the Advanced button
14. Uncheck Use default gateway on the remote network.
15. Keep clicking OK (3 times total) until you return to the Connect screen displaying your Username and Password.

You can now connect to your server remotely! When you want to access company files, simply double-click on your desktop icon labelled "Connect to Your Company Name" and hit Connect.

Optionally edit your Hosts file

If you are having problems connecting to your mapped drive (IE. X: or Common Drive) and it works fine when you are in the office but not remotely, you may need to edit your Hosts file.

1. Go to Start > Programs > Accessories and click on Notepad (in Vista, right-click and choose "Run as Administrator")
   
2. Click File > Open
3. Click the drop-down menu for Files of type: and choose All Files
4. Open this file: C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5. Scroll to the bottom of the file and insert the following text:

  10.0.50.10     server

1. Click on File > Save then close Notepad.

Technical notes: - The PPTP VPN clients get IP's from a DHCP pool starting at 10.0.50.200-10.0.50.255, same as the local workstations.