How to setup L2TP VPN for Windows XP

First Option (Recommended): Auto Setup

You can download L2TP VPN Connection for Windows from the link below and follow the steps to run the connection in a second.

Second Option: Manual Setup

The first thing you must do is right-click the My Network Places icon and select Properties.

This will bring you to the Network Connections window which displays a list of your current network connections. Double click the New Connection Wizard icon.

You are faced with three options – choose the second one, “Connect to the network at my workplace” and click Next.

Now choose the second option, “Virtual Private Network connection” and click Next.

This will bring you to the window in which you should enter the name of the company or server you will be connecting to. After you have typed the name in, press Next.

you must enter the hostname of the VPN server
List of L2TP servers

And finally, the “Connection Availability” window will allow you to select who is authorized to use the VPN connection. “Anyone’s use” will permit anyone who logs onto the system to use the connection, whereas “My use only” will limit its use to you only.

Once you click Next and Finish.

your new connection will be visible in the Network Connections window (as seen below).

Right-click the new connection and select properties to open the properties window. Here, you can configure, amongst others, the network settings, and general options.

Select the Networking tab and in the “Type of VPN” drop-down list, choose L2TP VPN.

Click the Security tab, then click the “IPsec Settings…” button

In the next window, click the checkbox and type “90807060” as the key, and click OK.

Insecurity tab, Click on Advanced(Custom Setting), and then click on Setting.

Change Data Encryption to “Optional Encryption(Connect even if no encryption)
In Allow these Protocols part:

Uncheck all the protocols and check “Challenge HandShake Authentication Protocol (CHAP).

Press OK to close the window and return to the network connections window.

If you double-click your VPN connection the login window will appear.

Enter your username and password and click Connect.

(if you haven’t purchased the account yet, you can use the test account to test our services click here)

After the authentication process is complete, you will be logged on to the VPN Server and two computers will appear at the bottom right-hand corner of your screen (default).

Congratulations! You have now successfully been connected to the VPN server.