In this guide, we will show you how to easily setup SSTP VPN connection on Ubuntu through simple steps. Scroll down for more details.
Getting Things Ready
Before creating a new VPN connection on your Ubuntu, first you will need to set things up:
1- You need an internet connection that works properly.
2- Make sure that your you have a supported device.
3- Make sure that your VPN service subscription is active (e.g: bVPN).
4- Download and run the packages required for configuring the VPN protocol on Ubuntu OS:
**Go to: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sstp-client/files/
and download following packages according to your OS / bit.
*For Ubuntu 32bit, download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sstp-client/files/sstp-client/1.0.9/
libsstp-client0_1.0.9_i386.deb
sstp-client_1.0.9_i386.deb
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sstp-client/files/network-manager-sstp/0.9.4-1/
network-manager-sstp_0.9.4-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
network-manager-sstp-gnome_0.9.4-0ubuntu2_i386.deb
*For Ubuntu 64bit, download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sstp-client/files/sstp-client/1.0.9/
libsstp-client0_1.0.9_amd64.deb
sstp-client_1.0.9_amd64.deb
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sstp-client/files/network-manager-sstp/0.9.4-1/
network-manager-sstp_0.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
network-manager-sstp-gnome_0.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Setting Up SSTP VPN on Ubuntu (Manually)
Follow the steps below in order to successfully create a new VPN connection on your Ubuntu system:
1- Click on the “Network Manager” icon.
2- Next, go to “VPN Connections”, and then choose “ Configure VPN…”.
3- Click on the “Add” button, and then click on the drop down menu.
4- Choose “Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol SSTP”, and then click on “Create”.
5- Type in a name for your connection (e.g: bVPN SSTP).
6- Type in the IP address of the server you want to connect to.
7- Type in your VPN username.
8- Type in your VPN password.
9- Check the “Ignore Certificate Warnings” checkbox.
10- Next, click on the “Advanced” button.
11- From “Advanced”, uncheck the “Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)” option.
12- Check the “Allow BSD Data compression” option.
13- Check the “Allow Deflate data compression” option.
14- Check the “Use TCP header compression” option.
15- Check the “Send PPP echo packets” option.
16- Click on the “OK” button.
17- Click on “Save” to make sure that your hard work is not wasted.
18- Now, click on the “Network Connection” icon.
19- Finally, go to “VPN Connections”, and then connect to your newly created VPN connection.
Congratulations! You have successfully created a new VPN connection on Ubuntu. Good job!
