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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
 
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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