Android: That's how you configure PPTP to use with CyberGhost

Please make sure the following requirements are met:

• A CyberGhost account
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  Info: Here's how to manage your CyberGhost account
  
• A Premium or Premium Plus subscription
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  Info for prepaid subscribers: How to enter an activation key

When using a native VPN protocol please make sure that your VPN protocol software supports the Internet protocol IPv6 along with IPv4 or run an IPv4 Internet connection only. Many Internet Service Providers connect with the IPv6 protocol or offer both protocols, IPv4 and IPv6, at the same time and as long as a native VPN protocol doesn't support IPv6 you risk data leaks, since an IPv6 connection can bypass the tunneled IPv4 connection. While the CyberGhost client does support IPv6 and therefor prevent IPv6 leaks, users of native VPN protocols need to deactivate the IPv6 Internet protocol manually.

Step 1

Visit your CyberGhost VPN online account.

Click on the menu entry 'My Devices' and then on button 'Add Device'.

In the list of Operating Systems you can CyberGhost use with, please click on 'Other' to be able to setup all necessary options for the PPTP protocol. When done the screen extends and gives way to 'Create new credentials'. Do it by clicking on the respective button.

Scroll up the page. As you see, the placeholder for a new device is now replaced by 'Linux, Router, etc.'. Click on that button:

Type a name for your new device and activate the wanted extra features, provided with each Premium subscription. These features can be (de)activated later on as well.

Scroll down and generate the login and configuration data for the PPTP protocol. FYI: The Point To Point Tunneling Protocol is widely available and uses PAP/CHAP for authentication, but because of possible implementation deficits in key management it can't be considered completely safe anymore and should only be used, if none of the alternatives OpenVPN or L2TP is available.

• Protocol: Choose the PPTP protocol.
• Country: Since native protocol connections may only be used with exactly one server you now have to choose the country you want to surf from; the server to be used in this country will be chosen by CyberGhost automatically.
• Server group: Depending on the chosen country as well as the availability of different server types as an attribute of your current plan you can also define a server group to use:
  Standard Server: This is the group of all paid service servers (Special Edition, Premium, Premium Plus).
  Premium Server: This is the smaller group of all exclusive servers for Premium subscribers (Premium, Premium Plus).
  NoSpy Server: This is the group of all exclusive NoSpy servers for Premium subscribers with special extensions.

 

After setting up your connection wishes please note down the following data sets. You will need them to configure your device:

• Server: This is the server address of the country you want to surf from, e.g. '1-ro.cg-dialup.net'. The address includes encrypted information about your plan, the server group chosen and the domain name; the protocol to be used will be detected automatically when connecting to CyberGhost. If you want to connect to different locations, you need to adjust the target destination according to a different country and note down that 2nd, 3rd, 4th ... address as well.
• User name: A solely for protocol usage generated user name. This is NOT your regular CyberGhost account user name.
• Password: A solely for protocol usage generated password. This is NOT your regular CyberGhost account password.
  

Step 2

Open your Android settings:

Tap on 'More' and then on ‘VPN'.

Tap on the 'Plus' icon on the upper right:

Step 3

Enter a ‘Name’ for your new VPN connection, which should reflect somehow the country of the server you want to surf from and maybe even protocol and server group (e.g. ‘CyberGhost PPTP RO Default’).

Specify the protocol by choosing the entry 'PPTP' from the 'Type' drop down menu und add the address you noted in step 1, e.g. '8-ro.cg-dialup.net'. (The address includes encrypted information about your plan, the server group chosen and the domain name; the protocol to be used will be detected automatically when connecting to CyberGhost. If you want to connect to different locations, you need to adjust the target destination according to a different country and note down that 2nd, 3rd, 4th ... address as well.)

Scroll down a bit and activate 'PPP encryption (MPPE)'.

Once you are done, tap on 'Save'. Back in the VPN connection list you should now find your new connection.

Each VPN connection can naturally only address one server; in case you need or want more than one location to choose from you need the respective amount of single VPN connections, each configured separately.

Step 4

Now tap on a connection and enter your credentials which consist of 1) the user name created in step 1, and 2) the password, also created in step 1. DO NOT use your regular CyberGhost user name and password, which you use to login in the client and your account management!

At last tap on 'Connect'.

After being connected, your device will keep you updated about the connection status in your notifying area:

Certain routers need you to activate the L2TP/IPSec protocol. How you can accomplish that task should be documented in your router's manual.