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Setting up SoftEther ( Vista )Introduction
The explanations assume that you have registered an account with hide.me.
But if you are using a different provider, only the steps related to your Username, Password and finding Host Name at your registered account will be different ( UsernamePasswordHostname.jpg : https://imgur.com/fXtxVWM , https://imgur.com/zMZmqit , https://imgur.com/7huFyW2 , https://imgur.com/rXWYAyz )
Some tips before starting
_1) Set up just 1 – 2 Servers initially.
After the initial instillation, some steps need to be repeated for each Server that you want to connect to in order to “hide behind” it. You finally have a list of Servers to choose from.
It is advisable to just initially try out the software with 1 – 2 Servers closest to your actual location. In the early testing and learning how to adjust various settings, you may encounter problems , some of which may require a de instillation and re instillation of software. After re installation you will need to repeat those steps.
So until you have a good understanding and stable running VPN system it may be advisable not to make many connections. 1-2 are enough to test out the system, and you would otherwise possibly need to repeat work unnecessarily.
_2) Make a list of all or some of you internet providers Server internet addresses. Along with your Username and Password you will need this info at various stages.
Setting up Soft Ether
The initial step is usually to download the SoftEther .exe file and open / run it which will guide you through installing the SoftEther Client.
I have used these successfully:
softether-vpnclient-v4.19-9605-beta-2016.03.06-windows-x86_x64-intel.exe : https://app.box.com/s/nj2rk76riakcpyg280fax35nmb7jev1q
The next one not run, that is to say, the file downloaded OK, but it would not run in order to do the instillation.
softether-vpnclient-v4.30-9696-beta-2019.07.08-windows-x86_x64-intel.exe : https://app.box.com/s/got5jknov33p9x8ky8951d0dhxc0hac1 :
The instillation is fairly typical and self explanatory. Any of the suggested tutorials show the steps.
You may see an extra warning of some initial blocking, https://imgur.com/xExTVjI . If so then choose the option not too block in future. Sometimes this blocking may have an effect on the successful running of SoftEther. It may be advisable to complete the instillation in such a case, then de install and wielder re install.
_2) Network connection organisation in Windows.
_2a) Network connections.
A basic understanding of Network connections in modern computers is very useful when using and setting up VPN since many issues and problems are associated with these things.
The true inner workings of Microsoft Windows may in the meantime not be understood anymore by anyone. Physical connections and actual connector ports, whether physical connection or the arial/antenna for a connection such as WLAN, are all combined deep in the low level software.
An attempt is made in the control panel software to give some organisation of this in a user friendly interface, the Network Connections console, https://imgur.com/sKLn3eb
This Console is particularly difficult to find in Vista: It often does not appear in options or in lists as you try to find it in navigation.
This route will demonstrate:
Take the usual navigation route to Control Panel : https://imgur.com/RJa6fII ,
(If you don't see Control Panel listed, the link may have been disabled as part of a Start menu customization. Instead, type control in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu and then click Control Panel when it appears in the list above )
Now follow the route Network and Internet https://imgur.com/AolK1mg , followed by Network and ShareCenter , https://imgur.com/ECkx3QL
You will not see the option for Network Connections anywhere, so you will need to start typing it in the search box top right, after which the option of Network Connections will appear: https://imgur.com/2TDaFlS
Alternatively, via the search box after clicking on the Microsoft symbol bottom left, type in ncpa.cpl , https://imgur.com/i5dLdnD
_2b) Make a desktop icon or , add " Network Connections " shortcut in Desktop context menu, for quick access of the Network Connections console.
You will likely frequently want to access this when, for example, first getting VPN up and running.
Because it is annoying to find in Vista , you will save yourself some time and frustration if you make a desktop icon link so as to get quickly at it.
To do this in Vista
_2b)(i) desktop Shortcut. Using Desktop Right Click --- New – Link . To do this:
Right mouse click anywhere on a spare space on the desktop, and select from the options in the pop up, new --- linkorShortcut : https://imgur.com/S4zTU6g
Another pop up should come up. First type in ncpa.cpl or explorer.exe ::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} https://imgur.com/khfMD4P , https://imgur.com/c5ysNFN , then in the next window you can give it any name you like, such as Network Connections, https://imgur.com/n2Z1toj .
After this, a desktop icon should appear: https://imgur.com/xXTOJkL or https://imgur.com/FK1QDqe
If you have difficulty getting this to work, then try to find the “thing” , for example the ncpa.cpl , https://imgur.com/3ltfV8n , then give full path, such as C:\Windows\System32\ncpa.cpl , https://imgur.com/tTcLtdv
_2b)(ii) Add " Network Connections " shortcut in “Desktop context menu” ( Desktop context menu is the list available when right clicking on a space on the Desktop )
Warning. This requires doing things to your “Registry”. This can be dangerous, so you do it at your own risk!!
The action starts by accessing “your registry”, via the Microsoft start symbol bottom left:
Type regedit in RUN or Start Menu search box and press Enter, or click on the option that should appear as you have part of regedit typed . https://imgur.com/lRXmUF6 .
That should open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\Shell
Right click on shell, then select New --- Key https://imgur.com/JGDprcj (This is known as “creating a new key under shell”)
A new Folder should then appear, which you should name Network Connections , https://imgur.com/WjgkeHb
Right click on this Folder , ( the new “key under shell” ) , and then select New --- Key https://imgur.com/JgjaeJj
Once again, a new Folder should then appear, which you should this time name command, https://imgur.com/8ZEp3xl
On the right-side pane, double click on Default/Standard . That should bring up a window, https://imgur.com/oQWIo3h , in which you should change the value to explorer shell:::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} , https://imgur.com/T36UoHC
https://imgur.com/wZO5tDy
At this stage you can close the Registry Editor Window.
By right clicking on a space on the desktop, you should now see the new option of Network Connections . Clicking on that Network Connections option should then bring up the Network Connections Console
https://imgur.com/9Idp47d
2c) Network Adaptors.
2c)(i) What are they
Typically, each way you have to connect with the internet or other networks, will be represented by a separate thing in the Network Control Console. (You can select typically from 5 different ways to view these by selecting from a drop down list in the top toolbar of the Network Control Console window, https://imgur.com/sHRZuA2 )
The name given for these things are like Tap / and or adaptor or Network adaptor or Virtual Network Adaptor. These names are approximately consistent with an attempt to represent these virtual things with what might be there real life equivalent in the absence of computers.
Often when you install a VPN Client on your computer, it will install its own adaptor: It is the thing which allows you to connect some thing to your computer. It will somehow contain various settings, adjustments, encoding, transitions etc…
C2c)(ii) States of Network adaptors.
As with some computer things, the “On” and “Off” states are not always clear, and a source of confusion.
_ You could consider “On running” or “On in use” as when the adaptor is actually in use. This will usually be indicated by
the absence of a red cross on the device in some of the picture type views,
or
in some of the list views as “connected”.
Note that this will usually , but not always , mean that it is doing what you would regard as “working” and giving you, for example, a working internet.
Occasionally this “On” state might be referred to as active and enabled, but that is a bit confusing considering the next state:
_ Another state is usually referred to as Enabled or Activated. This could be regarded as ready for use and likely to start running easily.
_ A final state is known as something like Disabled or Deactivated. An adaptor may be disabled/deactivated by right-clicking on it in the Network Control Console window and selecting Disable/Deactivate. Disabling the device will automatically disconnect any connection to that device.
Deactivating and reactivating an adaptor may loose some information held by it, or loose and then replace information. The latter can be a form of resetting which occasionally solves strange problems with a connection, and note that this might not always be the same adaptor which caused the problem. More on that later when discussing typical problems.
C2c)(iii) Adaptor Properties.
Right-clicking on an adapter in the Network Control Console window and choosing Properties will bring up the more advanced properties of network connections and adapters.
You will likely need to access that occasionally when getting familiar with VPN things: Instillation of the SoftEther Client software will typically create an adaptor. That Adaptor will “take over” control and be the “On running” connection when you choose to use the SoftEther VPN. It may also effect other adaptor settings. Checking properties of adaptors can often help in solving problems with VPN stuff. Once again, you may need to check an adaptor other than the VPN adaptor to solve strange unexpected problems in either VPN stuff, or problems in your normal non VPN internet, which occur after you have been doing VPN stuff.
Ref
https://www.askvg.com/how-to-add-net...omment-2751367
https://www.askvg.com/how-to-add-net...s-vista-and-7/
Config files : http://www.frostvpn.com/clients/know...and-usage.html
https://oit.ncsu.edu/my-it/resnet/ip...in-windows-xp/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics...ork-connection
https://kb.wisc.edu/6653#7vista
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