- #Private internet access installer not working how to
- #Private internet access installer not working install
In the General Information section change the following values: Many of the settings can be left at default, if I do not mention them then they are the stock settings so refer to the images for what they should be. Head over to VPN > Clients > Add to add a new VPN client. For example, clicking on the UK reveals 3 VPN servers, select the address of the one you want to use, I am using the London one in this example:Ĭopy this address. Select a location, then copy the address you want to use. Then select the server you want to use, you can repeat this for as many servers as you want to use, you might want one in the UK and one in the US. We need to decide which server location we want to connect to, PIA currently has 3300 servers in 68 locations across 47 countries, so quite a wide range. If everything worked, you will now have a new CA listed in the table and the “Distinguished name” (DN) column will have pre-populated information: OpenVPN Setup Then in the Certificate data box, paste the certificate data you copied:įinally hit Save to create that CA. Give a descriptive name and change the method to “ Import an existing Certificate Authority“. Click Add to create a new Certificate Authority. Next, head to System > Certificate Manager and make sure you are on the CAs tab. Once downloaded, open the file in notepad/notepad++ and highlight everything within the file and copy to clipboard:
#Private internet access installer not working install
Certificate installationįirst we need to install the PIA CA certificates into pfSense so that we can use them within the VPN configuration.įirst download the correct certificate here: To give you some reference, the APU2 that I reviewed here is capable of 100mbps over VPN using the recommended security we see here, but cannot get close to the 300mbps my link is capable of. Strong: UDP Port 1197 with AES-256 for encryption.Recommended: UDP Port 1198 with AES-128 for encryption.With that in mind, the recommended and strong settings vary a little in their port selection and certificates: If performance isn’t quite up to what you were expecting, you can try using the weak profile but I’d recommend going with the medium settings if possible. There is a few different settings you can use with regards to security, what is deemed as “weak” “recommended/medium” and “strong” – I’m going to give recommendations for medium and strong profiles since I see these as acceptable. Everything is applicable to most older versions although your interface might look a little different depending on your version. This guide uses pfSense 2.4.5-release which is the current version as of the time of writing.
#Private internet access installer not working how to
Having been a pfSense user for close to 8 years now and a Private Internet Access (PIA) user for coming up to 4 years, I decided it makes sense to document how to setup a PIA VPN with pfSense as a permanent VPN connection, then we will cover how to route certain devices through PIA whilst leaving all other traffic untouched. Almost 3 months later, that solution still performs exceptionally well every day. Many of us use a VPN in one way or another these days, they have seen a surge in popularity over the last decade or so with many people seeking to use them as means of bypassing content restrictions with Netflix or other streaming services, as a way of connecting to home or work to access documents on the go, or to just retain as much of our privacy online as we can.Īs part of the recent pandemic measures here in the UK, I was recently tasked with designing a solution for our enterprise to scale our current VPN solution, which would see around 100-150 users daily, to be able to handle 1000+ users simultaneously in just a few hours.
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