How to Set Up Unlocator VPN "L2TP" Manually on Windows 7

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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

To view your Email and Password: Choose VPN Account Info

To view the server addresses: Choose Servers List

You might want to keep these pages open so you could easily copy the info to be used in step 6 and 7.

2

Click on the Lan/Wifi icon in the bottom-right of the screen.
Then, from the pop-up menu, click Open Network and Sharing Center.

3

Click on Set up a new connection or network to set up your VPN connection.

4

In the Set up a new connection or network menu, choose Connect to a workplace and click Next:

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In the Connect to a workplace menu, click on Use my Internet connection.

6

In Connect to a Workplace menu, please do the following:

Internet address: Choose a server from our Server List See step 1
Destination name: Enter a name for your VPN connection
Check Allow other people to use this connection and Don't connect now, just set it up so I can connect later

7

Then click Next and do the following:

User name: Email is shown in your VPN account info. See step 1
Password: The password is shown in your VPN account info. See step 1
Click Create.

Then click Close.

8

In the Network and Sharing Center menu, click on Change adapter settings.

9

In the Network Connections, right-click on your VPN connection and choose Properties.

10

In the Properties menu, navigate to Security and do the following:

Choose Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IP Sec) under Type of VPN
Choose
Require encryption (disconnect if server declines) under Data encryption

Under Allow these protocols (check if not checked):

Check Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
Check Microsoft CHAP Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2)

Click on Advanced settings.
Use unlocator for the preshared key field.

11

In the Properties menu, navigate to Networking and do the following:

Check Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
Check Client for Microsoft Networks.
Make sure all the rest are unchecked.
Then click OK.

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In the Network Connections, right-click on your VPN connection and choose Connect.

Then a connection menu will pop up, use the following details:

User name: Email is shown in your VPN account info. See step 1
Password: The password is shown in your VPN account info. See step 1
Click Connect

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You are connected now.

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You can disconnect your VPN either by going to the Adapter Settings or simply by clicking on the Lan/Wifi icon in the bottom-right of the screen and choose Disconnect.