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 Manjaro 18.1.5

• Click the Networks icon and select Configure Network selection option.

• Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) as your connection type.

• Enter the following info:
• Enter 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 PureVPN credentials. Here is how you can👉 find your VPN credentials.
• Click Advanced option.

• Check the following options under it:
  • MSCHAP.
  • MSCHAPV2.
  • Allow BSD compression.
  • Allow Deflate compression.
  • Allow TCP Header compression.
  • Click OK.

• Click Save and close Networks window.

• Click  Networks icon and select the newly created VPN connection, click Connect button to connect to PureVPN.

• You are connected to PureVPN now!

How to connect SSTP on Linux Manjaro 18.1.5

• Open FireFox and download the SSTP network manager packages from the link below by clicking on the Download from mirror option.

• Click the Applications Launcher icon and open Terminal from there.

• Now, run the following commands one by one to extract and install the SSTP client and network manager packages.

cd Downloads/

• sudo tar -xvf network-manager-sstp-1.2.6-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
• sudo pacman -S network-manager-sstp
• sudo pacman -S sstp-client 

• Click Networks icon and select Configure Network selection option.

• Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) as your connection type.

• Enter the following info:
• Enter Connection name: PureVPN
• Insert desired server address in Gateway (Here we have used usca.pointtoserver.com) 
• Enter your PureVPN credentials. Here is how you can 👉 find your VPN credentials.
• Check the Ignore Certificate Warnings option.
• Click Advanced option.

• Check the following options under it:
  • MSCHAP.
  • MSCHAPV2.
  • Allow BSD compression.
  • Allow Deflate compression.
  • Allow TCP Header compression.
  • Click OK.

• Click Save and close the Networks window.

• Now, click Networks icon and select the newly created VPN connection, click Connect to connect to PureVPN.

• You are connected to PureVPN now!

How to connect OpenVPN on Linux Manjaro 18.1.5

• Open FireFox and download our OpenVPN configuration files, 👉 click here.

• Right-click the New+OVPN+Files.zip file and Extract the files into a folder of your choosing.

• Click the Networks icon and select Configure Network selection option.

• Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Import VPN Connection… option.

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

• When asked to Copy the certificates click Yes.

• Insert the following info:
• Insert Connection name: PureVPN
• Insert Gateway: (already selected/entered).
• Connection Type: Password from drop down menu.
• Enter your PureVPN credentials. Here is how you can 👉 find your VPN credentials.
• Click Folder icon for CA Certificate and upload the ca.crt.crt file.
• Click Advanced.

• From the General tab select the following options:
• Check Use custom gateway port: For UDP insert 53 and For TCP insert 80
• Note: For TCP connection select Use a TCP Connection.....
• From Security tab select following options:
  • From Cipher: Select AES-256-CBC
  • From HMAC Authentication: Select SHA-1
• From TLS Settings:
  • Mode = TLS-Auth
  • Key File = Click folder icon next to Key File. Go to OpenVPN downloaded folder, select key and click Open
  • Key Direction = Client (1)
• Click OK.
• Click Apply and close Networks window.

• Now, click Networks icon and select the newly created VPN connection, click Connect to connect to PureVPN.

• You are connected to PureVPN now!