Showing posts with label iPhone and iTouch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iPhone and iTouch. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

How to setup OpenVPN for iPad, iPhone and iTouch

How to configure your iPad / iPhone / iTouch for OpenVPN:

This tutorial is using the "OpenVPN Connect" app (no jailbreak required!)
This method will be the simplest for most users, although it does require you to use 3rd party apps - OpenVPN and Dropbox,
although if you do not want to use Dropbox, there is an alternative option to use your PC and email.

If you prefer the app "GuizmoVPN" (jailbreak required), please follow this link: GuizmoVPN

 

OpenVPN Connect tutorial




1. Run the App Store; there, search and install the "OpenVPN Connect" application
2. This step is a bit tricky due to limitations of iOS, you either have to email yourself the config files,
or import them into your Dropbox folder (which requires a Dropbox account and the Dropbox app).

Both ways are explained below:

3a. Importing config files via Dropbox:
Open this Dropbox folder and add the content to your own Dropbox account:
http://tinyurl.com/hmavpnconfigs
On your iOS device, open the Dropbox app and navigate to the freshly imported folders.
Here open the *.ovpn file of the server you want to connect to;
now select "Open with OpenVPN"

3b. Importing config files by emailing them to the iOS device:
Download and extract the  config files on your computer:
http://hidemyass.com/vpn-config/vpn-config.zip
From there, send them via email to the address you're using on your iPad/iPod/iPhone.

Open the e-mail and you should be able to see a similar window like below;
Tap the icon that you see on the screen.
Choose the option "Open in OpenVPN"
Note that there's a limitation of 50 servers that can be imported in the OpenVPN client.


4. This window will appear. Please tap the green "+" button to add the server to the program.



5. Here, please enter your HMA! login data (username and password) into "User ID" and "Password".
Tap the Connection button.




6. The app will now attempt to connect to the VPN.


7. The status should now show you "Connected", which means that you
are successfully connected to the VPN service.


8. Please check e.g. at geoip.hidemyass.com to confirm that your IP has changed