Download and Install SoftEther VPN Client

• Download SoftEther VPN Client software from their official site https://www.softether.org/

• Click on Download SoftEther VPN link.

• Select Component : SoftEther VPN Client
• Select Platform : Linux
• Select CPU : Select the appropriate CPU from the Drop down
• Click on the appropriate downloading link based on the version of the software.

• Extract the downloaded tar.gz file. Here after the extracted folder referred as <folder_1>
• Navigate to <folder_1> and open a terminal.
• Execute make command and accept all license agreements by entering the number relevant to “Yes”.

• After the completion of make command process, start the vpn client using sudo ./vpnclient start
• Then you will get the following output.

• Execute ./vpncmd and select No 3 to enter to Use of VPN Tools (certificate creation and Network Traffic Speed Test Tool) option.
• Then run check command.
• If all tests are passed, you are good to go.

Configure SoftEther VPN Client

• Execute./vpncmd on a terminal opened inside <folder_1>
• Select No 2 to enter to the Management of VPN Client option.
• Press Enter when you are asked for Hostname of IP Address of Destination
• Then you will connect to the localhost .

• Create a virtual interface to connect to the VPN server.

               ​​​​​​NicCreate <name for virtual interface>

               eg : NicCreate vpn_se

• Create an VPN client account using the following command.

       AccountCreate <name>

                   In this case : AccountCreate CITeS

• Then setup the account with your details.

             Destination VPN Server Host Name and Port Number:<VPN IP address>:<SoftEther VPN Port>

     Destination Virtual Hub Name: <Hub Name>

     Connecting User Name: <Username of LMS, Moodle, UoM_Wireless, UoM Email>

     Used Virtual Network Adapter Name: <Created virtual interface’s name>

             Destination VPN Server Host Name and Port Number:svpn.mrt.ac.lk:443

     Destination Virtual Hub Name: <Enter the appropriate one according to the following drop down>

• Please Note that Virtual Hub Name is Case Sensitive

• Connecting User Name: <UoM Username>
• Used Virtual Network Adapter Name: vpn_se (the one created in above step)
• You will get The command completed successfully message if you do it correctly.

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  Setup a password to the created account. AccountPassword <UoM Username>

• Set a password and confirm it. (Please note that you need to enter your uom account password)
• For Specify standard or radius: give radius
• Now you can connect to the SoftEther VPN clinet account through the created account.
• Issue the command AccountList and check the connectivity. If you get Connected status it is good to go for the next step.

• Open a terminal and issue the command sudo ifconfig . Now you should see the virtual network adapter you created earlier. But you do not have a ip address for it.
• Issue the command sudo dhclient <virtual_network_adapter_name> eg:sudo dhclient <vpn_vpn_se>
• After few moments you will get an ip address from the VPN Server.
• Then issue sudo netstat -rn command to see the routing table. You need to add a static route here.
• sudo ip route add <gateway of the ip range of your virtual network adapter>/<subnetmask> via 10.8.140.254

• Please note that above steps are optional (Contact CITeS for Support). Except the last route adding step, all of the above steps are one time work.