1. Enter the Control Panel, you can do that by clicking Start, then selecting Control Panel
2. Click Network and Internet
3. Click Network and Sharing Center
4. Click Set up a new connection or network
5. Click Connect to a workplace
6. If you have any available connections, click «No, create a new connection»
7. Select Use my Internet connection (VPN)
8. Specify in
In the
Internet address you need to specify the domain of the location/server that you wish to connect to from our
server list
9. Specify in Destination name the name of your connection, i.e. VPN-Stream.com L2TP
10. Check the box Don’t connect now; just set it up so I can connect later
11. User name: Insert the server Login
12. Password: Insert the server Password
13. Check the boxes Show characters and Remember this password
14. Click Create
15. Click Close
16. Click Change adapter settings
17. Right click on your VPN connection and then click Properties
18. Click the Security tab, here you will have to change the following settings:
1. Type of VPN: Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPSec (L2TP/IPSec)
2. Data encryption: Require encryption (disconnect if server declines)
3. Allow these Protocols: Radio button selected
4. Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP): Checked
5. Microsoft CHAP Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2): Checked
6. Click Advanced Settings
19. Specify the Pre-shared key (PSK), and then click Ok
20. Click
Connect to your VPN connection
Now you need to change your DNS, here’s how to do it:
1. Right-click the network interface connected to the internet, and then select the Properties option.
2. Select and check the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) option
3. Click the Properties button for it.
4. Click the Use the following DNS server addresses option.
5. Insert your preferred and alternate DNS addresses.
In case you are using the Google Public DNS, OpenDNS, or a solution like CloudFlare, you can insert any of these settings:
- Google Public DNS: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
- OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220
- Cloudflare: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
6. Click the OK button.
7. Click the Close button.
