VPN on windows phone 8.1

setting up VPN on windows mobile 8.1 as well as android and ios.

how to setup vpn for windows phone step by step guide ?

setting up vpn for windows phone

Lets start !!

First go to https://hide.me/en/ signup and get username and password then verify your account

go to settings on your windows phone 8.1 and select VPN

click on + button to add profile on VPN setting of Windows phone 8.1

Fill the server adress "nl.hide.me " if ths doest work try "free-nl.hide.me" and username and password you created on first step

After that save and connect you will Notice that change on wifi logo after VPN successfully connected Through VPN on your windows phone 8.1

Then verify if it VPN works or not by opening hide.me/en/check on your internet explorer of windows phone 8.1

Now you are successfully using VPN on Windows phone 8.1

If your windows phone is still running on windows 8 see how to get windows 81 on windows phone so you can use VPN on windows phone 8.1

NOTE** I used hide.me service to give demo how VPN works on Because till date this is only one which provide free VPN for windows phone supported LKEv2 protocal .Beside this Few paid software are available on windows store like "sonicwall mobile connect" and "Junos pulse " etc To setup hosted ssl VPN support.

Here is a short video to demonstrate

VPN on Windows phone 8.1 as well as Android and ios lets know little about VPN.

Simply VPN (Virtual private Network) is a Network from which you can securely and privately connect your private Network across the public or shared internet.In other words VPN is a private tunnel For you to access your Network from public or shared connection where you don't need to worry about your security as well as privacy.

So what is the practical use of VPN in daily life ?

VPN is mainly used in many organisation to give access of their private network and resources like file ,application,printer etc to their employee or to get access of their employees files ,data etc securely.
Connecting multiple Networks together securely to share server and many other networked Resources.
For maintaining online privacy who are much more sensitive on their privacy but uses public or shared networks.
It can also be used to get rid of regional restrictions for eg many reporters use their VPN to access internet freely even on censorship on internet.

NOTE **using VPN you can Bypass internet censorship as well as access Regionally restricted content .Few examples

You can download from blackberry playbook by setting up VPN even you dont have blackberry services on your country or you can enjoy watching HULU from anywhere even if your country dont have access.

Since VPN has many networking protocols of different types

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

where PPTP is considerd least secured and easy to setup and supports wide operating systems and the complexity as well as security goes on with number 2 & 3

Manualy setting up VPN connection are complex process but many service provider as described below are free to use for pc and mobile devices so why not get secured today !!

Android and ios have many Free and paid app for VPN setup some of them are discussed below.

Many servives like OPEN VPN and hotspotshield are free VPN Network with great security and also provide support for wide range of device support including mobile phone devices of android and ios why not try ?? Be secure , Access all services of internet without any Regional Restrictons and protect your privacy Now !!