L2TP Installation Guide for Ubuntu Server

1.    Open the "Terminal"

2.    To install L2TP dependencies type following commands one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt -y install network-manager-l2tp
sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp-gnome
sudo apt-get update

3.    Click on the "Network" icon in top right corner and choose "Edit connections..."

4.   Click "Add"






5.   Select "Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)" as your connection type






6.   Click "Create"






7.    Enter the following information:

• Connection name: Enter a name for the connection you are adding, i.e. FrootVPN
• Gateway: Enter the PPTP or L2TP server address of the location/server that you wish to connect to from our server list
• Username: Enter your FrootVPN user name
• Password: Enter your FrootVPN password

Click 'IPsec Settings..."

Tick "Enable IPsec tunnel to L2TP host" and enter Pre-shared key: "frootvpnsecret".  

Сlick "OK" and then click "Save"





8.   Left-click again on your "Network" icon and choose server you wish to connect in the "VPN Connections"






9.   Once your connection is successful you will see the following message:





All of your online activities are now 100% secure and anonymous while connected to FrootVPN.

• Phase1 Algorithms: aes-sha1-modp1024
• Phase2 Algorithms: aes-sha1

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