Leave Virtual Hub Name blank, and press Enter. This causes the default to apply, which is port number 8888 on localhost. Leave the Hostname blank, and press Enter. Navigate to the SoftEther program files folder:Ĭd "C:\Program Files\SoftEther VPN Server"Ĭhoose option 1, which is the option for Management of VPN Server or VPN Bridge.
Open Control Panel, go to Hardware and Sound, then Power Options.
When you are using a home PC as a server, you want to blank the screen as normal, but you also want to prevent the PC from going to sleep.
Now go to work on the Windows 10 machine that will be your SoftEther server. Therefore in this example you would configure your router to forward inbound packets on ports udp/500 and udp/4500 to the same ports on the device at address 192.168.1.2. In our example, we are using 192.168.1.2. Now, in the port forwarding section of your router software, forward ports udp/500 and udp/4500 to the LAN address of your PC. In a typical small LAN, your PC will often have an IPv4 address such as 192.168.1.2. Alternatively, from a Windows command prompt, you can see its LAN address by entering the command: This address may be displayed in the router's web interface.
For this, you need to know the LAN address of the PC that will be your SoftEther server. Although L2TP uses port udp/1701, L2TP is here being tunneled over IPsec, so there is no need to open port udp/1701.Īgain, in a home or small office, you need to set up port forwarding on the router. In the firewall section of your router software, open the IPsec ports udp/500 and udp/4500. On your router, you need to open the required router ports for L2TP/IPsec (in our example). In a more typical home or small office, you would have a router that is exposed to the Internet and a local area network (LAN) behind the router. We are using a data center Windows 10 machine.
To learn about the more advanced features of SoftEther, consult the official SoftEther manual at. This is just a very simple example, and SoftEther has far more possibilities than this. The client authenticates to the server with a username and password.
To provide a simple example for beginners, this article assumes a scenario where you connect using the L2TP/IPsec protocol with a preshared key (PSK). The procedure in this post was tested on a virtual private server with 4 GB of RAM and 70 GB disk storage running Windows 10. Alternatively, you can allow a friend overseas to connect to the Internet through your Windows computer. You can use it if you are away from your home or office and you want to securely connect to your Windows PC while you are away. SoftEther supports a variety of VPN protocols, including SSL, L2TP/IPsec, SSTP, and OpenVPN.
It is open source, and you can use SoftEther for any personal or commercial use free of charge. SoftEther VPN is one of the world's most powerful and easy-to-use multi-protocol VPN applications.