Creating a PPTP VPN account on an Android device is simple, which can be done in a few simple steps as given below. As there are a number of Android OS versions available, so the below mentioned steps guide you to set up the PPTP VPN connection on any Android device running on OS v4.0 or higher.
- Begin the process by opening the settings of the device, which can be either accessed by tapping on the ‘settings’ icon from the main menu or from a short menu appearing after pressing the menu button.
- Now tap on ‘more’ option to access network related settings. You will be taken to the next screen displaying several options, out of which, you need to tap on the ‘VPN’ option to access VPN related settings.
- To access the VPN settings, you will be required to enable a password or PIN based lock feature to prevent your device from any unauthorized access.
- After opening the ‘VPN’ menu, you will see an option labeled ‘Add VPN Profile’. Tap on this option to start the process for the creation of a new VPN connection on your device.
- You need to enter several details for the new connection like the field labeled ‘Name’ should be filled with the name for the connection with which you can recognize the connection easily later on.
- Select ‘PPTP’ as the type of the connection.
- In the ‘server address’ field, enter the value of the VPN server address provided by your VPN service provider. You can check the welcome mail that you received after registration or you can contact customer support service to know about the value to be filled in the ‘server address’ field.
- Check the box for ‘PPP Encryption (MPPE)’ and then tap on the ‘save’ option to save the values entered for the new VPN connection.
- With this step, the process for the creation of a PPTP VPN connection on your Android device and configuration of the same is done to be used in the VPN service of your choice.
Establish a Connection
After the creation of the connection, you will see the name of the VPN connection that you created in the ‘VPN’ menu above ‘Add VPN Profile’ option. Tap on the name of the connection that you created to initiate the process of establishing a connection with the server. This will prompt you to enter the log in credentials like the username and the password for the VPN service that you want to connect to. You can check the box for ‘save account information’ option, if you want to get rid of filling in the details every time you want to connect to the VPN service. Tap on ‘connect option to establish a connection, which will take some time and will be displayed by the ‘connected’ message under the name of the VPN connection in the ‘VPN’ menu.
Disconnect from the service
To disconnect from the service, you need to tap on the connection name and then tap on the ‘disconnect’ option to terminate the connection to the VPN server.Here is the list of top 5 vpn providers.
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