How To Turn On Vpn On Iphone

VPN stands for virtual private network. It extends a private network across a public network, such as the Internet. People use VPN for different purposes. For example, a VPN connection to a business's main office can help its employees be productive when they're on the go. If the company's headquarter is in U.S with branches offices around the world, you can set up VPN from different locations to access the server in the U.S. Most individuals use VPN however because they are in some country or area where internet or website access are restricted. For example, people can't visit Facebook, Twitter and many other websites from China. If you are traveling in some country where your favorite websites are blocked, you can configure VPN on your mobile phone or computer so you can easily browse those blocked websites. Samsung phones users can refer to this guide to set up VPN on Samsung mobile phones. You can also add VPN connection to your computers, see this tutorial to set up VPN on Windows 10 computer.
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How to Configure & Setup VPN on iPhone?

Most VPN service is paid service. Some websites or companies claim they offer Free VPN service, but usually it is not true. You have to pay for quality VPN service. Once you paid for VPN, you will get an IP address of the VPN server and account credentials to access the VPN server. Do I have to download any VPN app on to my iPhone? Not really! There are many VPN apps in appstore. But you can actually set up VPN on iPhone iPad or iPod touch without any third party apps, you can setup VPN manually without install anything. To set up VPN on iPhone, go to Settings, then tap on General, then VPN. You can set up VPN based on various VPN protocols: L2TP, PPTP and IPSec. Following screenshow shows how you can configure VPN on iPhone through PPTP protocol .

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PPTP is a very basic VPN protocol based on PPP. You can set up VPN via PPTP on iPhone as following:

Description: something descriptive, such as My VPN, Office VPN, etc.
Server: VPN server IP address, such as 111.111.111.111;
Account: your VPN account username;
RSA SecurID: off
Password: your VPN account password;
Encryption Level: Auto;
Send All Traffic: on;
Proxy: Manual.

Setting up VPN for iPhone is very easy. Once you have set up VPN, you will find a new item 'VPN' just below the Personal Hotspot in iPhone Settings, you can quickly turn on VPN from there. If you do not want to use VPN, you can turn it off from the same place in iPhone settings. If your VPN expired and you do not plan to use it any more, you can simply delete VPN from iPhone.