1. Visit http://www.vpnonly.com/register and fill out the form, as seen below.
2. Check your email after you submit your registration info. VPNOnly will send a verification email to your email box. As seen below:
3. Click the link in the email and verify your account. You will be lead to your account dashboard. As seen below:
4. You can see how much traffic has been used in your account.
5. An additional 24 free hour will be added to your account if you refer a new user signing up with VPNOnly. You can find the referral link by clicking a tab in your account.
6. Here is the VPNOnly.com free PPTP VPN account information:
VPN Server Host name: vip.vpnonly.com
VPN Account Username: your username
VPN Account Password: your password
Setting Up PPTP VPN Under Windows XP
1. Open Network Connections
First, open the ‘Network Connections’ folder by going to the Start Menu and selecting Settings->Network Connections. It may also be located in Settings->Control Panel->Network Connections.
When your control panel opens, double–click on “Network and Dial–Up Connections ’.
2. Start the Wizard
When the Network Connections folder opens, double–click on ‘New Connection Wizard ’. You should see the “New Connection Wizard” screen. Click the ‘Next’ button to continue.
3. Select the connection type
Next, select ‘Connect to the network at my workplace ’ and click the ‘Next’ button.
4. Select the connection
Next, select ‘Virtual Private Network connection ’ and click the ‘Next’ button.
5. Enter the Company Name
On this screen, type ‘VPNOnly.com’ for the Company Name and click the ‘Next’ button.
6. Set auto-connect
On this screen, click “Do not dial the initial connection” and click the ‘Next’ button.
7. Enter the VPNOnly.com server name
On this screen, type ‘vip.vpnonly.com’ and click the ‘Next’ button. ‘vip.vpnonly.com’ is the host name of the VPNOnly.com server.
8. Set Username and Password
Next, we’ll set up the connection settings. In the ‘User Name’ box, enter your VPNOnly.com username. In the ‘Password’ box, enter your VPNOnly.com password. Optionally, click ‘Save Password’ to save your password as part of the connection. That’s it!
9. When you want to connect
When you want to connect to VPNOnly.com, just double–click on the connection and click the ‘Connect’ button and you’ll connect!
Setting Up an L2TP/IPsec VPN Connection Under Windows XP
By default, Windows sets the VPN connection type to PPTP. For better security, you should continue and set your connection up to be an L2TP/IPsec connection. To do that, continue on.
1. Open the VPNOnly.com connection and click ‘Properties’.
2. Click the ‘Security’ tab, then click the ‘IPsec Setttings…’ button.
3. In the next window, click the checkbox and type ‘vpnonly.com’ as the key and click ‘OK’.
4. Next click the ‘Networking’ tab.
5. Next click the popup menu and change the ‘Type of VPN’ from ‘Automatic’ to ‘L2TP IPsec VPN’ and click ‘OK’. That’s it!
6. After this, the connection will use L2TP/IPsec instead of PPTP. Note that if the connection fails, try changing the connection back to PPTP or Automatic.
