Private Internet Access for iPad

Privateinternetaccess is a VPN provider based in the United States and offers high levels of user anonymity. This VPN offers great value for money, particularly when price plans are taken out over six months or a year. The only potential drawback is that there’s no free trial period and the ocmpany does not offer any guaranteed money back, meaning customers that do experience problems with the VPN will be unable to claim money back or check out the service prior to registering for a price plan.

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The company offer almost 2,000 servers in 11 different countries, meaning customers can unblock most geo-restricted sites, and certainly all of the popular blocked sites. It is possible to remain completely anonymous with Privateinternetaccess as the company do accept payments with gift cards, along with a number of other payment options.

Customer support is available via livechat or an email ticketing system and there is a full FAQ section on the website which answers many common customer queries. Privateinternetaccess provides some downloads for popular devices on its website, making the installation process fairly simple and there are also a number of useful setup guides on the site detailing how to access the service from devices such as Android or iOS.

Adding Privateinternetaccess to an iPad is a manual process which only takes a few minutes to put in place. Customers initially need to generate a password unique to their device via the generate a password for PPTP/L2TP/Socks using the guidelines on the company website. Once a random password has been generated, the iPad will need setting up for Privateinternetaccess use. From the settings menu of the device select the general menu and then click on network.

Here is how you configure your iPad for a PPTP VPN:

• Choose Settings
• Choose  General
• Choose Network
• Choose VPN
• Choose Add VPN Connection
• Choose PPTP
• For Description input PIA
• For Server enter the address and choose your wanted Private Internet server. You will get the entire server list from their website.
• For Account enter your username
• Enter your Password
• Ensure that Send All Traffic is placed to ON
• Ensure Encryption is placed to Vehicle
• Click on Save

Here is how you configure your iPad for a L2TP VPN:

• Choose  Settings
• Choose  General
• Select Network
• Choose  VPN
• Choose Add VPN Connection
• Choose L2TP
• For Description input PIA
• For Server enter the address and choose your wanted Private Internet server. You will get the entire server list from their website.
• For Account enter your username
• Enter your Password
• Next you will enter the Key which is mysafety
• Ensure that Send All Traffic is placed to ON
• Click on Save

Here is how you start a PPTP or L2TP VPN

• Choose Settings
• Choose  VPN
• Choose the name of the VPN link you set up
• Slide the VPN to On

Heres how you quit PPTP or L2TP VPN

• Choose  Settings
• Choose  VPN
• Slide the VPN to Away

 

The VPN option should then be selected, followed by Add VPN Configuration. A number of selections to configure the VPN will then need to be made. Customers need to select the chosen protocol they wish to use with the device and enter Privateinternetaccess within the Description field.

The address of the relevant server that is best suited to customer needs will need to be input into the field marked Server. The Account and Password fields need filling in with the details provided by Privateinternetaccess.

It’s then necessary to ensure Encryption is set to Auto and that Send All Traffic is switched on. The blue Save button at the top of the screen should then be tapped to save all relevant configuration data to the device. The iPad should then return to the General screen and it’s possible to see the VPN has been added to the device.

Testing the connection is simply a matter of selecting VPN On and waiting for the message to confirm the device is connected to the virtual private network. It is important to note that manual connections will need to be made on a frequent basis.

Whenever the iPad moves into lock screen mode or shuts itself down the VPN is automatically terminated, it’s just a case of flicking the VPN On selection to reconnect and the only time amendments may be needed to the configuration of the VPN on the device is when a different server needs to be selected. Customers may choose to add different servers if they are travelling or when they need to access geo-restricted content that is blocked in certain locations.

Adding Privateinternetaccess to an iPad is a simple matter and gives users security when using the Internet on the mobile device. WiFi hotspots are notoriously insecure and subject to hacking and eavesdropping on a regular basis. When the VPN is active any user can transmit and receive data safely on the iPad.

Go to privateinternetaccess.com