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Type and press enter: openvpn ipvanish-.ovpn & From the command line (and from the directory we changed to with the ovpn file) we need to run the following:
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Now let’s connect to the VPN manually to ensure everything is working. It will be the same as if you went to or something similar. Type the following and press enter: curl Let’s do a quick little test to see what our current IP is, so we can test it against the new one to make sure we’re connected. Once you do that you can type ‘ls’ and press enter to see if they’re all there. Type the following and press enter: cd /storage/.config/vpn-config/ Let’s first navigate to where we saved those three files earlier. Now don’t be freaked out by the linux terminal. If it all went well you’ll be presented with the following When you get the login prompt use the following credentials:
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Enter in the IP of the OpenELEC machine in the ‘Host Name’ field and click Open. Let’s fire up our SSH client PuTTY or whatever you choose. Next up is we need to test our VPN connection to make sure it’s working correctly before we continue on. Once that is open, navigate to \\IP.Address\Configfiles\vpn-config and copy our 3 files there. The IP address is the IP I gathered earlier (from the pre-requisites!)
#IPVANISH VPN SETUP WINDOWS#
Since I’m on Windows I just need to open up a Windows Explorer window and type \\IP.Address\ and press enter. There is a wiki page here outlining how you can connect to the Samba shares on your OpenELEC machine –. Now what we’ll need to do is copy these 3 files on to our OpenELEC Kodi box. All you need in there is your IPVanish username and password, each on it’s own line.Īt this point you should have the following 3 files in your directory: Once you have saved that the next step is to create a file called ‘pass.txt’ that has the following 2 lines: Note that if you copy and paste that, it won’t work. Your config when finished should look like the following: clientĬa /storage/.config/vpn-config/ca.Īuth-user-pass /storage/.config/vpn-config/pass.txt
#IPVANISH VPN SETUP DOWNLOAD#
Once you login click on Server List, the click OpenVPN to download ‘configs.zip’ You will need a few files included in the zip, but not every single one of them. So lets start by logging into your IPVanish account and grabbing the OpenVPN config files. You can get this by going to System -> Hardware -> Summary and looking for ‘IP Address’. SSH Client – I use and recommend PuTTY – Look for ‘putty.exe’ and save that somewhere.They keep no logs and are 100% anonymous. They have over 225 servers in 60+ counties. They’re the only Tier-1 premium bandwidth VPN company and their service is amazing. IPVanish Account – You will need this as your VPN provider.Follow along to see how you can use IPVanish with your OpenELEC Kodi HTPC.īefore we start there are a few pre-requisites you need in order for this to work correctly. Using a VPN on OpenELEC is something that many people find is necessary because they want to either unblock geo-restricted material or they want to make sure their ISP or anyone else can’t see what they are doing online.