VPNUK - The Virtual Private Network Specialists

The following instructions go step–by–step through the creation process. These instructions work under all the client– side variations of Windows Vista, namely Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, and Ultimate. Please pay particular attention to parts 11+ of this setup tutorial.

Note: Using this setup does not require the OpenVPN config files, they are already built into the application. We have configured OpenVPN on our servers to accept connections through TCP on ports 443 or 80 and also UDP on ports 1194, 65194 or 55194. Our pre-prepared version of OpenVPN allows for username and password save which is not a default option of OpenVPN. If you are using a previously installed version of OpenVPN you will need to copy the VPNUK OpenVPN config Files to the OpenVPN config folder on your PC, you can download the VPNUK config files for use with OpenVPN from HERE. You can download other versions of OpenVPN from HERE.

IMPORTANT: Please pay particular attention to parts 11+ of this setup tutorial.

Download the VPNUK OpenVPN GUI

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1. Open the Zip Archive
Download the VPNUK OpenVPN Software in your zip archive.

2. Install the Software
Double click onto the openvpn-2.1.1-install.exe file. You can also extract the file to a memorable location for safe keeping.

3. Click Next
Top begin the installation, click 'Next'.

4. Agree to License
Choose the 'I Agree' option.

5. Number of Servers
Choose the number of servers you are configuring or have on your VPNUK account and click 'Next'. You can configure up to three servers.

6. Server Information and friendly name
Enter the VPNUK Server IP address into the 'IP Address' Field and a friendly name for the connection (IE: UK1) into the 'Friendly name' field. Once you have entered all of the information click 'Next'
Notes:
1. You have a choice of connection type with our servers, if you are not behind a corporate or university firewall you should be ok with a UDP connection.
2. If you have chosen to configure multiple servers you will be prompted to repeat this process for each of the servers on your account after clickcing the next button.

7. Username and Password
Enter your VPNUK login username and password then click 'Next'

8. Configuration overview
Ensure all the details are correct then click 'Next'

9. Choose Destination
Agree to the destination location and click 'Next'.

10. Install¡ng
The software will now install, you may recieve a notice about installing a TAPI device, click ok and allow it to install.

11. Installation complete
OpenVPN will now be installed, choose the option to 'Manually Reboot Later' and then click onto the 'Finish' button.

12. Setting Administrator Permissions
Right click onto the OpenVPN GUI shortcut on the desktop and choose 'Properties'.

13. Compatibility
Click onto the 'Compatibility' tab.

14. Privilege Level
Choose the option to 'Run this program as an administrator'.

15. Save the settings
Click onto the 'OK' button.

16. Running OpenVPN for the first time.
Double click onto the OpenVPN GUI desktop shortcut.

17. Installation Complete!
You can now connect OpenVPN from the sys tray.

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Connecting to VPNUK

1. Connect
You can now 'Double Click' the OpenVPN icon in the sys tray each time you want to connect to your VPNUK account.
Note: If you setup OpenVPN with both TCP & UDP connection types you will have to right click onto the OpenVPN icon and choose the connection type you want to connect to, then click 'connect'.

2. Connecting
Whilst connecting the 'Current State' window will pop up and display the connection process.

3. Connected
Thats it! You will be connected once the icon turns Green.

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Recommended 'Additional' Settings

If you are running Windows with User Account Control (UAC) enabled you will receive a prompt each time windows starts asking you for permission to run OpenVPN. You can easliy overcome this by creating a Scheduled Task rule.
Creating the OpenVPN 'No UAC Nag Screen' startup rule.

Optional Settings & Troubleshooting