VPNGATE FOR PC TUTORIAL

1. Install OpenVPN Client (only once at the first time)

Download and install the OpenVPN software. It is developed by OpenVPN Technologies, Inc. and distributed as an open-source.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OPENVPN

Double-click the downloaded OpenVPN program file.

Setup wizard appears. Proceed to install along the instructions on the wizard.

2. Download and install a connection setting file (.ovpn file) of OpenVPN (only once at the first time)

You have to download an OpenVPN connection setting file (.ovpn) in order to connect to a VPN Gate Public VPN Relay Server by using OpenVPN. OpenVPN connection setting files are downloadable on the Public VPN Relay Servers List page.
Select a VPN server which you want to connect to, and click the ".ovpn" file to download to the desktop.
If you save the .ovpn file on the desktop, the file will be displayed as OpenVPN icon as the following figure. However, you cannot double-click this file to initiate a VPN connection.

You have to put the downloaded .ovpn file into the "config" folder of OpenVPN.
Open the C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config folder, and copy the .ovpn file into this folder.

3. Connect a VPN

Right-click the "OpenVPN GUI" icon on the desktop, and click "Run as administrator" .
After Windows Vista, you need to use "Run as administrator" . Otherwise, VPN connection will fail.

OpenVPN GUI icon will be appeared on the task-tray of Windows at the bottom-right of the screen.
(Icon sometimes hides. Click the up arrow icon to show all hidden icons.)
Right-click the OpenVPN GUI icon, and click Connect.

If the VPN connection is successfully established, the message appears as following.