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Figure 12-14. Top: Here’s where you set up your VPN connection, using the technical specs provided
by the corporate IT person who takes care of you.

Bottom: Once you’ve set up the VPN, it shows up here, in Settings, ready for clicking and connecting.

This is not the private IP address on your home network, and definitely not
its computer name (despite the fact that the New Incoming Connection

wizard told you that you would need to use that name); neither of these
work when you’re signed into another network.

It doesn’t matter what you type as the Connection name; that’s just for your
reference.

Finally, click Save.

Connecting to the VPN

All you’ve done so far is create a VPN connection—a stored, clickable icon
for connecting to the mother ship. When the time comes to make the actual