Starting June 15th, 2021, PureVPN will discontinue offering support for PPTP, L2TP, and SSTP protocols on the majority of VPN locations.
However, at the popular request of our users, we will continue to support the following locations for users to connect using PPTP, L2TP, and SSTP protocols:
Germany: de1.pointtoserver.com
Netherlands: nl1.pointtoserver.com
United Kingdom: ukl1.pointtoserver.com
United States: usil1.pointtoserver.com
United States: ustx1.pointtoserver.com
United States: usca1.pointtoserver.com
United States: usfl1.pointtoserver.com
United States: usny1.pointtoserver.com
United States: uswdc1.pointtoserver.com
Australia: au-sd1.pointtoserver.com
You can now set up an L2TP VPN on your Linux lite 4.3 by using PureVPN. You can follow the guide to get started:
Find your VPN credentials for manual configuration
To find your VPN credentials log into the PureVPN members area. Click 👉 here to visit member area.
Login to the member area using your PureVPN registered email address and password.
From manage account section, go to the subscriptions tab.
On Subscription tab scroll down to be able to view your VPN credentials.
You will be able to see and copy your VPN credentials. Note down your PureVPN username and click the eye icon to make your password visible and use it in the manual configuration.
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Go to Menu option and search and open Terminal Emulator.
Install L2TP packages. Type the following commands one by one:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp
sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp-gnome
sudo apt-get install xl2tpd
Go to the Menu and open the Network Connections option, then click the + icon to create a new VPN connection.
![Install L2TP packages. Type the following commands one by one: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp-gnome sudo apt-get install xl2tpd [su_dropcap size="1.35"]3[/su_dropcap] Go to the Menu and open the Network Connections option, then click on the ‘+’ icon to create a new VPN connection.](https://purevpn-f24b3727da02.intercom-attachments-1.com/i/o/427230281/089c57310c1d667784ca498a/28.png?expires=1739236500&signature=9b1a11ba97518f4c7186f7e359e74a130a9fe575c9da9c887592adbe977841d1&req=cCIgFMp%2Bn4leFb4f3HP0gMSNiqHF6ye6976A2Afd9h9VizFqcudoZQz4Aqog%0Aot74ascccKlh2qXdFg%3D%3D%0A)
Select Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) option. Click Create.
When a new window appears, complete the fields as below:
Enter Connection name: PureVPN
Insert the desired server: Please refer to the server address shared in the above note.
Enter your PureVPN credentials. Here is how you can find your VPN credentials.
Go to the IPsec Settings… button.
Check the Enable Ipsec tunnel to IPsec host
Pre-shared key: 12345678
Then specify connection algorithms in Advanced section:
For phase 1= 3des-sha1-modp1024 and
For phase 2 = 3des-sha1
Click OK
Go to the PPP Settings… button.
Only allow the following options:
MSCHAP
MSCHAPV2
Also, select the following:
Allow BSD data compression
Allow Deflate data compression
Use TCP header compression
Click OK, then the Save button.
Go to the Ethernet Network option and under VPN Connections click/check on the newly created PureVPN connection to activate VPN.
You are connected to VPN now!
