
Start by finding the network connections icon in the bottom right corner of the screen (near the clock). Set up the VPN connection in Windows 7 ¶ Step 1: Open Network and Sharing Centre ¶ It’s imperative that it matches the one you will use long-term: Change the to the FQDN which you provided to Let’s Encrypt’s Certbot tool, which should be the same one which points to your VPN server. Here we use SoftEther’s ServerCertSet command to point it to the SSL certificate and key for our server. But before we enable these we have to import the SSL certificate and key from Let’s Encrypt. The SoftEther can clone the functions of Microsoft SSTP VPN Server and OpenVPN Server. This option specifies which Virtual Hub to be used if the user does not provide such information. Pre Shared Key for IPsec: Enter a pre-shared key to use with L2TP VPN.ĭefault Virtual HUB in a case of omitting the HUB on the Username: Users can specify the Virtual Hub they are trying to connect to by using as their username when connecting. Now you can make VPN connections to this server using iPhone, Android, Windows, and Mac OS X devices.Įnable Raw L2TP Server Function: This will enable L2TP VPN for clients with no IPsec encryption.Įnable EtherIP / L2TPv3 over IPsec Server Function: Routers which are compatible with EtherIP / L2TPv3 over IPsec can connect to this server by enabling this function. Using the command below, update and upgrade your server software packages to the latest version:Īfter entering this command, you will be asked to configure the L2TP server functions:Įnable L2TP over IPsec Server Function: Choose yes to enable L2TP VPN over IPsec with pre-shared key encryption. Personally I have only tried it on CentOS 7 64-bit edition, but it has worked perfectly. As mentioned in SoftEther’s website, SoftEther will work on almost every Linux distribution with kernel v2.4 or above however, it’s recommended to choose one of these distributions: CentOS, Fedora, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Step 1: Create a Virtual Server ¶įirst, you need to create a CentOS 7 server. You can use SoftEther for any personal or commercial use free of charge. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Solaris and is freeware and open-source.

SoftEther VPN is one of the world’s most powerful and easy-to-use multi-protocol VPN software, made by the good folks at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. We enable and configure OpenVPN, L2TP over IPsec and SSTP VPN Servers on Linux. This article explains how to install and configure a multi-protocol VPN server using the SoftEther package. How to set up a Multi-Protocol VPN Server using SoftEther ¶ Set up the VPN server ¶ Introduction ¶ How to set up a Multi-Protocol VPN Server using SoftEther.
