Before setting up the VPN connection, please make sure that your Network Settings are handled by the Network Manager.
- Go to Application Launcher and open Yast.
- Open Network Settings option from there.
- Under the Global Options make sure the Network Setup Method is set to Network Manager Service.
- Click OK.
Now follow the steps listed below to configure an L2TP VPN connection in OpenSUSE Linux:
- Go to Application Launcher and open Konsole (Terminal).
- Now, you need to install L2TP packages. Type the following commands one by one:
1. sudo apt-get update
2. sudo apt-get install xl2tpd
3. sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp-gnome
4. apt-get install NetworkManager-l2tp
- Click Wired Connections and select the Settings option.
- Click the + icon to add a VPN connection and select Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) from the drop-down list, then click Create.
- Insert the following info:
- Enter Connection name: PureVPN
- Insert the desired server: Please refer to the server address shared in the above note.
- Germany: de1.pointtoserver.com
- Netherlands: nl1.pointtoserver.com
- United Kingdom: ukl1.pointtoserver.com
- United States: usil1.pointtoserver.com
- United States: ustx1.pointtoserver.com
- United States: usca1.pointtoserver.com
- United States: usfl1.pointtoserver.com
- United States: usny1.pointtoserver.com
- United States: uswdc1.pointtoserver.com
- Australia: au-sd1.pointtoserver.com
- Enter your PureVPN credentials. Here is how you can 👉find your VPN credentials.
- Go to IPsec Settings… button.
- Check the Enable Ipsec tunnel to IPsec host
- Pre-shared key: 12345678
- Then specify connection algorithms in Advanced section:
- For phase 1= 3des-sha1-modp1024 and
- For phase 2 = 3des-sha1
- Click OK.
- Now, go to the PPP Settings button.
- Only allow the following options:
- MSCHAP
- MSCHAP2
- Also, select the following:
- Allow BSD data compression
- Allow Deflate data compression
- Use TCP header compression
- Click OK.
- Click Save and close Networks window.
- Click Wired Connections Icon and select the newly created VPN connection, click Connect to connect to PureVPN.
- You are connected to PureVPN now!