Setup Guide for Ubuntu

1 Select the following options:

• Click on “Network Connection Icon”
• Go to “VPN Connections” and select “Configure VPN…”

2 Click on “Add”

3 Click on drop down menu

4 Select “Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)” and click “Create”

5 Select the following options:

• Enter “Connection name:” PureVPN PPTP
• Enter desired server in “Gateway”
• Click here to get the server list.
• Enter Username provided by PureVPN
• Enter Password provided by PureVPN
• Click on “Advanced”

6 Select the following options:

• Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)
• Allow BSD data compression
• Allow Deflate data compression
• Use TCP header compression
• Uncheck “EAP”
• Click “OK”

7 Click on “Save…” and close the “Network Connections” window

8  Select the following options:

• Click on “Network Connection Icon”
• Go to “VPN Connections” and select newly created “PureVPN PPTP” connection

9 You are successfully connected now. Enjoy the FREEDOM!!

10  Select the following options:

• To disconnect VPN. Click on “Network Connection Icon”
• Go to “VPN Connections” and select “Disconnect VPN”

1 Open “Terminal”

2 To install L2TP dependencies type following commands one by one:

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

3 Click the “Network” icon in top right corner and choose Settings button in bottom left corner.

4 Click the plus (+) icon on your right to add new VPN connection.

5 Select “Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)” as your connection type.

6 Enter the following information:

• Name:Enter a name for the connection you are adding, i.e. PureVPN
• Gateway: Enter the PPTP or L2TP server address of the location/server that you wish to connect. E.g. usca.pointtoserver.com (Please click here for more server details)
• User name: Enter your PureVPN user name
• Password:Enter your PureVPN password

7 Click “IPsec Settings…”

• Tick “Enable IPsec tunnel to L2TP host” and enter Pre-shared key: “12345678“.

Then specify connection algorithms in Advanced section:

• for phase 1= 3des-sha1-modp1024  and
•  for phase 2 = 3des-sha1
• Сlick “OK”

Now Click “PPP Settings…”

Tick “Use Point to Point Encryption (MPPE)”

Then check/tick the following:

• Allow BSD data compression
• Allow Deflate data compression
• Use TCP header compression
• Сlick “OK” and then click “Add” in the top right corner.

7 Enable your VPN by swiping the toggle.

8 You are now connected to PureVPN!

Here is how you can set up PureVPN on Ubuntu using the SSTP protocol. We have split the process into two steps:

Step1: Download and Install required packages
Step2: Configure SSTP protocol

Here we go:

Step1: Download and Install required packages

Open the Terminal Window and run the following commands step by step:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eivnaes/network-manager-sstp

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install network-manager-sstp  sstp-client

Make sure you have downloaded the following packages:

For 64-bit:

network-manager-sstp-gnome_1.2.6-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb

sstp-client_1.0.13-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

libsstp-api-0-dev_1.0.13-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

For 32-bit:

network-manager-sstp-gnome_1.2.6-0ubuntu3_i386.deb

libsstp-api-0_1.0.13-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

sstp-client_1.0.13-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

* After installing packages. Reboot your system.

Step2: Configure SSTP protocol

1 Click on “Network Manager Icon”

2 Go to “VPN Connections” and select “Configure VPN…”

3 Click on “Add”

4 Click on drop down menu

5 Select “Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)” and click “Create”

6 Do the following:

• Enter Connection Name “PureVPN SSTP”
• Enter desired Gateway. Click here to get the server list
• Enter Username provided by PureVPN
• Enter Password provided by PureVPN
• Check “Ignore certificate warnings”
• Click on “Advanced”

7 Do the following:

• Uncheck “Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)”
• Check the following options:
• Allow BSD Data compression
• Allow Deflate data compression
• Use TCP header compression
• Send PPP echo packets
• Click on “OK”

8 Click on “Save” and close the “Network connections” window

9 Do the following:

• Click on “Network Connection Icon”
• Go to VPN Connections and select Newly created “PureVPN SSTP” connection

10 You are connected now. Enjoy the FREEDOM!!

11 To disconnect VPN

• Click on “Network Connection Icon”
• Go to VPN Connections and select “Disconnect VPN”

In this guide, you will learn how to configure PureVPN on Ubuntu using OpenVPN protocol.

1 Click on Dash, Search for Terminal and open it.

2 Insert command:

and hit enter

3  Type “Y” and hit enter to continue.

Now Insert Command: 

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

4  Once installation completes, close Terminal and download the required OpenVPN File from here

5  Extract the downloaded file.

6 Do the following:

• Click on “Network Connection Icon…”
• Go to VPN Connections and select “Configure VPN…”

7  Click on “Add”

8 Click on drop down menu.

9 Select “OpenVPN” and click “Create”

10 Insert the following info:

• Enter Connection name: PureVPN OpenVPN
• Enter desired Gateway: Open .ovpn file from OpenVPN folder to get the server address
• Select Type: Password from drop-down menu
• Enter Username provided by PureVPN
• Enter Password provided by PureVPN
• Click on the folder icon from CA Certificate

11 Go to OpenVPN downloads folder, select ca.crt and click “Open”

12 Click on “Advanced.”

13 From General tab select following options:

• Check Use custom gateway port: For UDP insert 53 and For TCP insert 80
• Check Use LZO data compression

Note: For TCP connection select “Use a TCP connection”

14 From Security tab select following options:

• From Cipher: Select AES-256-CBC or desired encryption
• From HMAC Authentication: Select SHA-1

15 Form TLS Authentication tab:

• Select Use additional TLS authentication
• Click on folder icon next to Key File

16 Go to OpenVPN downloaded folder, select Wdc.key and click “Open”

17 Do the following:

• Select “1” from Key Direction
• Click on “OK”

18 Click on “Save…” and close the “Network Connections” window

19 Now:

• Click on “Network Connection Icon…”
• Go to VPN Connections and select the newly created “PureVPN OpenVPN” connection.

20 You are connected now. Enjoy the FREEDOM!

To disconnect VPN:

• Click on “Network Connection Icon.”
• Go to VPN Connections and select “Disconnect VPN”