| | 1 | How to get Pia VPN working without installing their package |
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| | 3 | {{{ |
| | 4 | sudo apt-get install network-manager-openvpn network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | Reboot the computer |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | mkdir /tmp/OpenVPN-setup-PIA |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | cd /tmp/OpenVPN-setup-PIA |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | wget http://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip |
| | 13 | |
| | 14 | unzip openvpn.zip |
| | 15 | }}} |
| | 16 | |
| | 17 | Import the PIA OpenVPN config file |
| | 18 | ============================================= |
| | 19 | - Right click the Network Manager on the menu bar |
| | 20 | - and click "Edit Connections..." |
| | 21 | - then click "Add" |
| | 22 | - choose "Import a saved VPN configuration..." for the connection type from the drop down menu |
| | 23 | - then click "Create..." |
| | 24 | - double click to go into "OpenVPN-setup-PIA" folder |
| | 25 | - choose which server you would like to setup and connect to |
| | 26 | - then click "Open" |
| | 27 | - Remove only the ":1198" from the "Gateway:" ( if present ) as only the domain name should be in this box |
| | 28 | - for the "User name:" type in your "p1234567" username |
| | 29 | - for the "Password:" type in the password that goes with your "p-xxxxx" username |
| | 30 | - Then click "Advanced..." |
| | 31 | - Check "Use custom gateway port:" and set it to "1198" |
| | 32 | - Click on the "Security" tab |
| | 33 | - Set the "Cipher:" to "AES-128-CBC" |
| | 34 | - Set the "HMAC Authentication:" to "SHA-1" |
| | 35 | - Click "OK" |
| | 36 | - Click "Save" |