How to Setup PureVPN on Manjaro 18.1.5

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 subscriptions 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 on Eye icon to make your password visible and use it in the manual configuration.

• 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: Please refer to the server address shared in the above note.
  1. Germany: de1.pointtoserver.com
  2. Netherlands: nl1.pointtoserver.com
  3. United Kingdom: ukl1.pointtoserver.com
  4. United States: usil1.pointtoserver.com
  5. United States: ustx1.pointtoserver.com
  6. United States: usca1.pointtoserver.com
  7. United States: usfl1.pointtoserver.com
  8. United States: usny1.pointtoserver.com
  9. United States: uswdc1.pointtoserver.com
  10. 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:
  1. MSCHAP.
  2. MSCHAPV2.
  3. Allow BSD compression.
  4. Allow Deflate compression.
  5. Allow TCP Header compression.
  6. 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!

• 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/

• 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 the desired server: Please refer to the server address shared in the above note.
  1. Germany: de1.pointtoserver.com
  2. Netherlands: nl1.pointtoserver.com
  3. United Kingdom: ukl1.pointtoserver.com
  4. United States: usil1.pointtoserver.com
  5. United States: ustx1.pointtoserver.com
  6. United States: usca1.pointtoserver.com
  7. United States: usfl1.pointtoserver.com
  8. United States: usny1.pointtoserver.com
  9. United States: uswdc1.pointtoserver.com
  10. Australia: au-sd1.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:
  1. MSCHAP.
  2. MSCHAPV2.
  3. Allow BSD compression.
  4. Allow Deflate compression.
  5. Allow TCP Header compression.
  6. 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!

• 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:
  1. From Cipher: Select AES-256-CBC
  2. From HMAC Authentication: Select SHA-1
• From TLS Settings:
  1. Mode = TLS-Auth
  2. Key File = Click folder icon next to Key File. Go to OpenVPN downloaded folder, select key and click Open
  3. 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!