Find your VPN credentials for manual configuration

To find your VPN credentials log into the PureVPN Member Area. Click 👉 here to visit Member Area.

• Login to the Member Area using your PureVPN registered email address and password.

• On Subscription tab scroll down to be able to view your VPN credentials.

• You will be able to see and copy your VPN credentials.
• Note down your PureVPN username and click the Eye icon to make your password visible and use it in the manual configuration.

How to connect PPTP on Linux Lubuntu

• Go to the Launcher then System Tools and open  QTerminal.

• Install PPTP packages. For this, you’ll have to type the following commands one after another:

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install network-manager-pptp-gnome
• apt-get install network-manager-pptp

• Go to the Launcher again, then Preferences, and open Advanced Network Configuration option from there.

• Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) from the drop-down list. Click the Create button once done.

• Now enter the following info:
• Connection name: PureVPN
• Insert the desired server: These servers can be utilized for the PPTP protocol.
  1. Germany: de1.pointtoserver.com
  2. Netherlands: nl1.pointtoserver.com
  3. United Kingdom: ukl1.pointtoserver.com
  4. United States: ustx1.pointtoserver.com
  5. United States: uswdc1.pointtoserver.com
  6. Australia: au-sd1.pointtoserver.com
• Enter your VPN credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials.

• Go to Advanced…
• Check the following boxes:
  • MSCHAP.
  • MSCHAPV2.
  • Allow BSD data compression.
  • Allow Deflate data compression.
  • Use TCP header compression.
• Click OK.

• Click Save and close the Window.

• Click the Wired Connections icon and choose the newly created connection to connect to PureVPN.

• You're all set!

How to connect SSTP on Linux Lubuntu

• Go to the Launcher then System Tools and open QTerminal.

• Install SSTP packages. For this you’ll have to type the following commands one after another:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eivnaes/network-manager-sstp
• sudo apt-get update
•  sudo apt-get install network-manager-sstp sstp-client

• Go to the Launcher again then Preferences and open Advanced Network Configuration.

• Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) from the drop-down list. Click the Create button once done.

• Now enter the following info:
• Connection name: PureVPN
• Insert desired server address in Gateway (Here we have used usca.pointtoserver.com)
• Enter your VPN credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials.
• Check the Ignore certificate warnings box.

• Click Save and close the Window.
• Click the Wired Connections icon and choose the newly created connection to connect to PureVPN.

• You're all set!

How to connect L2TP on Linux Lubuntu

• Go to the Launcher, then System Tools and open QTerminal.

• Install L2TP packages. For this you’ll have to type the following commands one after another:

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install xl2tpd
• sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp-gnome
• apt-get install network-manager-l2tp

• Go to the Launcher again, then Preferences and open Advanced Network Configuration.

• Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) from the drop-down list. Click the Create button once done.

• Now enter the following info:
• Connection name: PureVPN
• Insert desired server address in Gateway (Here we have used usca.pointtoserver.com) 
• Enter your VPN credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials.

• Click the IPsec settings button.
• Check the Enable IPsec tunnel to the IPsec host box. Once done, type the following info:
  • Pre-shared key: 12345678
  • Phase 1 Algorithm = 3des-sha1-modp1024 and
  • Phase 2 Algorithm = 3des-sha1
  • Enforce UDP Encapsulation: Checked
• Click OK.

• Next go to PPP settings.
• Check the following boxes:
  • MSCHAP.
  • MSCHAPV2.
  • Allow BSD data compression.
  • Allow Deflate data compression.
  • Use TCP header compression.
• Click OK.

• Click Save and close the window.

• Click the Wired Connections icon and choose the newly created connection to connect to PureVPN.

• You’re all set!

How to connect OpenVPN on Linux Lubuntu

• Go to your desired web browser, download PureVPN OpenVPN configuration files, click👉 here and extract them.

• Go to the Launcher, then System Tools and open QTerminal.

• Install OpenVPN packages. For this you’ll have to type the following commands one after another:

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install openvpn
• sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn
• sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn-gnome 

• Go to the Launcher again then Preferences and open Advanced Network Configuration.

• Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Import a saved VPN configuration… from the drop-down list. Click the Create button once done.

• Go to the folder where you have downloaded the OpenVPN files and select your desired one to connect to.

• Now enter the following info:
• Connection name: PureVPN
• Gateway: (already selected/entered)
• Connection Type: Password From drop-down menu
• Enter your VPN credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials.
• Click the folder icon adjacent to the CA certificate and upload the crt.crt file.

• Click Save and close the window.
• Click the Wired Connections icon and choose the newly created connection to connect to PureVPN.

• You’re all set!