This guide will help you set up an IPSec connection using IKEv2
Open the Control panel
by clicking the start menu icon and typing control
Click Network and Internet
followed by Network and Sharing Centre
Click Setup a new connection or network
Click Connect to a workplace
, then click Next
Click Use my Internet connection (VPN)
Enter the address of one of the servers from the server status list (depending on which country you want to connect to).
Below that give the connection a name e.g. IVPN - GB.
Choose Remember my credentials
if you don’t want to enter your account ID and password every time you connect.
Click Create
to continue
The VPN connection is now created but we still need to configure it. Open the Network and Sharing Centre
as shown in steps 1 and 2.
Click Change Adapter settings
Right click the icon with the name of the connection you created and with the text WAN Miniport (IKE v2)
Below it and click Properties
Select the Security
tab and change the Type of VPN to IKEv2
and the data encryption to Maximum strength encryption (disconnect if server declines)
Under Authentication
select Use Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
and Microsoft: Secured password (EAP-MSCHAP v2) (encryption enabled)
Right click the icon with the name of the connection you created again and select Create shortcut
Click Yes
to create a shortcut on the desktop
Search for VPN settings
in the search field on the Taskbar or in the Start menu. Click VPN settings
in the results list.
Click the VPN connection created in step #6 above and click the Advanced options
button.
Under Connection properties
, click the Edit
button.
Enter your account ID that begins with letters ‘ivpnXXXXXXXX’ or ‘i-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX’ (case-sensitive) and the following password - ivpn
, then click the Save
button. Close all of the windows that have been opened during this process.
To Connect, click your Task Bar Network Icon
, then click the name of the IVPN
connection and then Connect
After a few seconds the network applet should indicate that you are connected to the VPN server.