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This Outside IP service is specificly made available for legacy PurDigital / Biltmore Communicaitons MultiFamily sites. In these sites, DirecPath offers a secured, fire-walled Internet service by default - protecting subscribers from many of the threats that exist on the Internet today including Viruses and Worms. In some cases, certain VPN or Gaming applications may not work properly behind the DirecPath firewall in this configuration, creating a need for Outside IP service as described below.
DirecPath offers a complimentary Dynamic Public IP Service (Outside IP Service) which allows users that reside in Legacy PurDigital / Biltmore Communications multifamily communities to obtain a dynamic, public IP address using a Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling (PPTP) Protocol connection. Once configured, this service allows subscribers to instantly bypass the private IP addresses and firewall features on the PurDigital network using a PPTP gateway.
The service is bound by the following limitations:
- Only users with private addresses on the legacy PūrDigital / Biltmore Communicaitons networks may connect to the gateway. Users with STATIC - PUBLIC IP addresses cannot access this service and do not need to use it.
- MacOS versions prior to OS X. These versions require a proprietary, commercial PPTP client to access this service.
- UNIX or Linux. Most modern Linux distributions include software for connecting to PPTP servers, but this is not supported by PūrDigital Media.
- ss the Outside-IP service. The username and password will be your authentication credentials when logging into the Dynamic Public IP Service, and are the same as your E-mail UserID and Password.
Basic Client Configuration Parameters:
Server Name: outside-ip.purdigital.net
Connection Type: Point-to-Point Tunnel Protocol (PPTP)
Authentication: CHAP or PAP
Encryption: None (refused by the system for performance reasons)
TCP/IP Options: Use remote network as the default gateway
The system will allocate a Public Internet IP to your host upon logging into the system. You will receive a different Public Internet IP each time you establish this service.
Configuration using a Windows XP Client:
To open the Network Connections folder, open Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections, and double-click on Network Connections.
Click "Create a new connection", and then click Next. Click "Connect to the network at my workplace", and then click Next.
Click "Virtual Private Network connection", click Next. Type a descriptive name, such as "Dynamic Public IP Service", and click Next.
Because you are already connected to the Internet, click "Do not dial the initial connection".
Type "outside-ip.purdigital.net" as the host name of the computer to which you are connecting, and then click Next.
Choose whether you want this connection to be shared by all users ("Anyone's use") of this computer, or only for yourself ("My use only").
Click Next, and then click Finish to end the Setup process.
Double-click on the new connection, and go to "Properties".
Click on the "Security" tab, and select "Advanced (custom settings)". Click on e "Settings" button.
Select "No encryption allowed" under "Data encryption". Select PAP and CHAP (but not SPAP, MS-CHAP or MS-CHAP v2) as the allowed protocols, and click Ok.
Click Ok, and sign on using your Email address [user]@direcpath.tv and password.
Configuration using a Windows 2000 Client:
From the Start Menu, open go to "Settings", "Network and Dialup Connections", "Make New Connection", and click Next.
Click "Create a new connection", and then click Next. Click "Connect to the network at my workplace", and then click Next.
Click "Connect to a private network through the Internet", click Next.
Because you are already connected to the Internet, click "Do not dial the initial connection".
Type "outside-ip.purdigital.net" as the host name of the computer to which you are connecting, and then click Next.
Choose whether you want this connection to be shared by all users ("For all users") of this computer, or only for yourself ("Only for myself").
Type a descriptive name, such as "Dynamic Public IP Service", and click Finish to end the Setup process.
Click the "Properties" button.
Click on the "Security" tab, and select "Advanced (custom settings)". Click on the "Settings" button.
Select "No encryption allowed" under "Data encryption". Select PAP and CHAP (but not SPAP, MS-CHAP or MS-CHAP v2) as the allowed protocols, and click Ok.
Click Ok, and sign on using your Email address [user]@direcpath.tv and password.
You will need a DirecPath username and password to acce
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