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==Initial connection setup==
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*Start
*Control Panel (cog icon)
*Network & Internet
*VPN (link on left panel)
*Add a VPN connection, with these details:
**VPN Provider = built in
**Connection Name: AAISP L2TP
**Server name: l2tp.aa.net.uk
**Type: L2TP (With certificate (we'll disable ipsec later))
** username: your xxx@a.1 username
** your password
*Click save
 
*#Start
*#Control Panel (cog icon)
*#Network & Internet
*#VPN (link on left panel)
*#Add a VPN connection, with these details:
*#*VPN Provider = built in
*#*Connection Name: AAISP L2TP
*#*Server name: l2tp.aa.net.uk
*#*Type: L2TP (With certificate (we'll disable ipsec later))
*#* username: your xxx@a.1 username
*#* your password
*#Click save
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You should then be able to connect and disconnect via the Network icon in your Start bar.
 
 
Once the connection has been created, ensure CHAP authentication is enabled:
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# Open Network and Sharing Centre
# Click Change adapter settings
It's possible to only send certain traffic over the L2TP and send the rest of your traffic over your normal internet connection.
 
You can do this by disabling the option to use the default gateway of the L2TP - this is a setting found in the TCPIP settings of the L2TP connection Adaptor settings:
#Start
#Control Panel (cog icon)
#Network & Internet
#VPN (link on left panel)
#Change adaptor settings
#Right-click on AA L2TP, click properties
#Networking tab
#Double click TCP/IP
#Advanced
#Untick 'Use default gateway on remote network
 
You can then use various commands to route specific traffic over the L2TP, eg, for example if you only want to send "81.187.30.81/32 over the L2TP, then you can use this PowerShell command:
 
== Windows 7 ==
 
'''(Upgrade to Windows 10, or later!)'''
 
This probably applies to Windows 8 too.
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