How to Set Up Unlocator VPN "L2TP" Manually on Arris Router
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First, find your Unlocator VPN account credentials
In order to set up a manual VPN connection, you need to use a server address, and your username and password found in your Unlocator account under the VPN tab.
You can locate this page by following these steps:- Go to My Account
- Locate the VPN tab in the bottom-left corner of the page
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To view your Email and Password: Choose
VPN Account Info
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To view the server addresses: Choose
Servers List
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- Launch your web browser.
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- Input your router's local IP address in the address bar. (It is usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1)
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- Input your router's login credentials when prompted.
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- Click on WAN, in your left-side menu.
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- Set Connection Type to L2TP.
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- Check Enable L2TP.
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- Input your UnlocatorVPN Username (email used to create your Unlocator account). See step 1
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- For Server Address, input the hostname or IP address of the Unlocator server you wish to connect to. See step 1
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- Leave IP Address blank.
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- Leave Subnet Mask blank.
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- Enable the Idle Timeout option.
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- Set Idle Timeout to 300.
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- Enable Keep-alive.
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- Set Keep-Alive to 30.
You might want to keep these pages open so you could easily copy the info to be used in step 8 and 9.