{"id":156,"date":"2018-12-28T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T10:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2024-10-01T17:23:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T14:23:27","slug":"sstp-on-windows-10-8-7-vista-3-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=156","title":{"rendered":"Android Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>L2TP\/IPSec (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) is the easiest way to setup a VPN connection on Android devices. Android OS supports this protocol natively. The point-to-point communication between the client computer and the VPN server is encrypted using\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cromwell-intl.com\/networking\/what-is-ipsec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPSec<\/a> suite to provide end-to-end encryption.<\/p>\n<p>PPTP is sitll supported by Android but we recommend not using it because of its problems with service providers and its lack of security.<\/p>\n<p>OpenVPN is a sophisticted VPN protocol suite and requires<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">a) an app from the OpenVPN (open source, GPL)<br \/>\nb) a profile file which contains configuration data for Bilkent OpenVPN service.<\/p>\n<p>On some platforms it is very very easy to install, but on some platforms it needs a lot of tweaking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setting up an L2TP\u00a0 VPN Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">To see full size of the image click on the thumbnail.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 731px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 161px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 174.609px; height: 161px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AndroidL2TP.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-108 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AndroidL2TP-169x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AndroidL2TP-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AndroidL2TP-576x1024.png 576w, https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/AndroidL2TP.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 540.609px; height: 161px;\">Open up your &#8220;Settings&#8221; and click on &#8220;Network Connections&#8221;, then &#8220;More Connections&#8221;, then tap &#8220;VPN&#8221;,\u00a0 then tap the &#8220;+&#8221; button to add a new connection.Fill out the boxes as shown in the image on the left.You will be prompted for the user account and its password when you start making the connection.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Setting up an OpenVPN Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using your Android device, visit the Google Play Store. Find and install &#8220;OpenVPN Connect-Fast &amp; Safe SSL VPN Client&#8221; by<a href=\"https:\/\/openvpn.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> OpenVPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure that you install the original, genuine app by OpenVPN.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openvpn.net\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-169\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/openvpnlogo.svg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"77\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using your Android device, download the <a href=\"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/bilkent.ovpn\">Bilkent Profile file<\/a>\u00a0 (file &#8220;bilkent.ovpn&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>Double tap the profile file in your &#8220;Downloads&#8221; folder. OpenVPN app will start automatically and will import\/install this profile. This is a one time import\/install and you will not have to repeat these steps again. You can make OpenVPN connections by starting the app every time you need it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 L2TP\/IPSec (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) is the easiest way to setup a VPN connection on Android devices. Android OS supports this protocol natively. The point-to-point communication between the client computer and the VPN server is encrypted using\u00a0\u00a0IPSec suite to provide end-to-end encryption. PPTP is sitll supported by Android but we recommend not using it &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=156\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Android Devices&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":476,"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/156\/revisions\/476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vpninfo.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}