This guide will help you set up an IPSec connection using IKEv2
Open the
Control panel
by clicking the start menu icon and typing controlClick
Network and Internet
followed byNetwork and Sharing Centre
Click
Setup a new connection or network
Click
Connect to a workplace
, then clickNext
Click
Use my Internet connection (VPN)
Enter the address of one of the servers from the server status list (depending on which country you want to connect to).
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Choose
Remember my credentials
if you don’t want to enter your account ID and password every time you connect.Click
Create
to continueThe VPN connection is now created but we still need to configure it. Open the
Network and Sharing Centre
as shown in steps 1 and 2.Click
Change Adapter settings
Right click the icon with the name of the connection you created and with the text WAN Miniport (IKE v2)
Below it and click
Properties
Select the
Security
tab and change the Type of VPN toIKEv2
and the data encryption toMaximum strength encryption (disconnect if server declines)
Under
Authentication
selectUse Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
andMicrosoft: Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) (encryption enabled)
Right click the icon with the name of the connection you created again and select
Create shortcut
Click
Yes
to create a shortcut on the desktopSearch for
VPN settings
in the search field on the Taskbar or in the Start menu. ClickVPN settings
in the results list.Click the VPN connection created in step #6 above and click the
Advanced options
button.Under
Connection properties
, click theEdit
button.Enter your account ID that begins with letters ‘ivpnXXXXXXXX’ or ‘i-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX’ (case-sensitive) and the following password -
ivpn
, then click theSave
button. Close all of the windows that have been opened during this process.To Connect, click your
Task Bar Network Icon
, then click the name of theIVPN
connection and thenConnect
After a few seconds the network applet should indicate that you are connected to the VPN server.
DNS may leak with this manual connection. Check out our guide on setting DNS manually.
Disabling IPv6 may be another way to further tighten up your system.
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