Steps to setup VPN in Linux using Graphical User Interface

 

Steps to setup VPN in Linux using Graphical User Interface:

Note: It is assumed you already have a Wi-Fi Internet Connection set in your Linux OS before proceeding with the steps. If not, set up a Wi-Fi Internet connection before proceeding.

• Click on Menu-> Preferences
• Scroll down the list and go to “Network Connections”
• Click on “Network Connections”
• A Network Connection window pops up
• Click on VPN tab.
• Click on Add
• In the next window “Choose a connection type”. Select “Point-to-Point-Tunneling Protocol”.
• Click on Create.
• A new window “ Editing VPN connection 1” opens
• Enter Connection name, Gateway, Username, and Password.
• Click on “Advanced” button
• Under Authentication, tick the MSCHAP and MSCHAPv2 boxes. Uncheck all other boxes.
• Under Security and Compression,   tick the box “Use Point-to-Point encryption(MPPE)”
• In Security, select “All Available(Default)”
• Tick the boxes, “Allow deflate data compression” and “Use TCP header compression”
• Click on OK
• Click on Save to close the window

Your VPN connection is created and ready for use.

• Click on Network Manager icon in the Tray
• Go to “VPN Connections” and click on it.
• Click on the VPN connection name you just created to connect.

 

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