VPN77 Setup Guide
Once your subscription is active, here is how to configure your operating system. Please have your Username, Password and address of the server you want to connect.
- Open Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel, click Setup a new connection or network, choose Connect to a workplace then Next
- Go to the Windows Menu, then Control Panel
- Click on Network and Internet
- Click on Network and Sharing Center
- Click Use my Internet Connection (VPN)
- In the Internet address field, type one of the VPN77 server addresses
- In the Destination name field, type VPN77
- Check Don’t connect now then click Next
- Type in your Login and Password in their respective fields
- Check Remember this password
- Click Create and then Close
- Open VPN Connection Properties
- In Network and Sharing Center, click Change adapter settings
- Right-click your new connection (VPN77) and click Properties
- Configure for L2TP/IPsec
- On the Security tab, change from Automatic to Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IPsec)
- On the Security tab, click Advanced settings
- Choose Use pre-shared key for authentication and insert the secret key from your client panel
- Double Click on Ok and Connect
- Open ‘Networks and Sharing Center’ from ‘Control Panel’
- Choose ‘Set up a new connection or Network’
- Choose ‘Connect to a workplace, click ‘Next’
- Click on ‘Use my Internet connection (VPN)’
- In Internet address field type one of the VPN77 server addresses
- In the Destination name field type VPN77. Also check Don’t connect now, just set it up so I can connect later, and then Click ’Next’
- Enter your username and password from the client control panel in the next window and click Create
- Click Close to return to the Network and Internet
- Download and install OpenVPN
- For 32-Bit Choose OpenVPN 32
- For 64-Bit Choose OpenVPN 64
- Click Save File
- Start the installation and wait until it’s done
- Once installed, Download the configuration files from your client area and paste them in following path: C: Program Files \ OpenVPN \ config
- Once done, click Start, click All Programs, and click OpenVPN OpenVPN GUI
- In the Windows sys-tray area, look for the OpenVPN logo
- Right-click on it, select the server you want to connect to and click Connect