OpenVPN Howto connect to the VPNUK service
This tutorial describes how to configure and setup an OpenVPN connection in Ubuntu GNU/Linux using the network manager. Firstly, you will need to install the Ubuntu OpenVPN VPN package, we'll go through that with you here in this tutorial.
Download the VPNUK config files
Our system will automatically email your Config files to you so that you can save them to your system and add them into Viscosity. You can also choose to download the file(s). [ CONFIGURE NOW ]. You can configure as many different servers as you like.
1. Install OpenVPN
Install the OpenVPN package is from the command line: sudo apt-get install network-manager network-manager-openvpn network-manager-pptp
2. Download Config Files
Download the config files and save them to a safe location. The files are available for download from here: OpenVPN config files
3. Configure VPN
Click onto the 'Network Manager' icon to open the network connections overiew, then click onto 'Configure VPN' from the 'VPN Connections' sub menu.
5. Choose Connection Type
Click onto 'OpenVPN' from the available connection types dropdown and then click onto the 'Create' button.
11. General Options
Click the option to 'Use LZO data compression.
Note: This connection will be setup using the OpenVPN default UDP protocol. You can also use TCP over port 443, 80 or 8008
12. Close Network Connections
Thats It!! Click onto 'Close' to exit the Network Connections overiew. Your OpenVPN connection has now been setup.
1. Connecting to VPNUK through OpenVPN
Go to the Network Manager and Click onto the VPN connection friendly name you have just created from the 'VPN Connections' sub menu.
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