CONFIGURING THE VPN CLIENT
The VPN client needs to be running in order for the sync to work. But before the VPN can run, it needs to be configured.
You will notice a new icon on your desktop called Tranquil VPN Connect.
Double clicking that launches the configuration window. Here you need to enter your account details and password again. You also need to enter the PSK you entered on the Windows Home Server. Then click Connect.
If it works, then you will see a new icon on your task tray, which is the VPN service running.
Don’t forget if you reboot your machine you will need to restart the VPN service. I actually prefer having to manually start it each time I want to use it rather than having it running in the background all the time when I may not need it!
HSS SYNC
On your desktop you will notice another new icon called HSS Sync.
When you launch it, the first thing you will need to do is click on Configure Settings.
You need to enter all details, including your server name, the port number you set up during the Windows Home Server installation part and choose a default local folder.
You will then have to restart the application.
If all has gone well, and there is no reason that it shouldn’t, when you restart HSS Sync, you will see information in the Sync Activities window – in the example below you can see the laptop (AE-Sony) has successfully connected to my Windows Home Server called server using the port number 2020 and is using a local sync folder called Sync (yeah, I know, I wasn’t very original).
You still need to configure a few things, so click on the Settings tab next.
From here you must make sure that Enable Auto Sync is checked and you select the schedule, then click on Accept Changes.
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