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Tip: To automatically login, append the name of the file containing your username and password immediately after auth-user-pass in the configuration file(s). Visit Private Internet Access and confirm that you are connected by referring to the status message at the top of their homepage. When a gold lock has appeared over the NetworkManager applet, you are successfully connected to Private Internet Access. Click on it to connect to Private Internet Access. Inside it should be the VPN connection you saved.

Click Save at the bottom right of the 'Editing ' window.

Go to the 'IPv6 Settings' tab and select for 'Method' 'Ignore' since PIA blocks IPv6 addresses.

Click the OK button at the bottom left of the window to save this change.

Next, go to the security tab and select as cipher 'AES-128-CBC' and as HMAC Authentication 'SHA-1'.

Next to 'Use LZO data compression', click the drop-down menu to select 'adaptive' and next to 'Set virtual device type', click the menu and make sure 'TUN' is selected. There is an icon in the password box indicating user permission of the credentials change the settings as you wish. Type in your Username and Password that you received from Private Internet Access.

After you have opened one of the OpenVPN files, the window that appears should be 'Editing '.

Generally speaking, you will want to open the file that is associated with the connection you specifically want.

Navigate to the directory you extracted all of the OpenVPN files to earlier, then open one of the files from that folder.

When you choose a connection type, click the drop-down menu and scroll all the way down until you reach 'Import a saved VPN configuration'.

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Click the Plus sign in the bottom left corner of the Network Connections window that appears. Right click on the NetworkManager applet from your desktop environment and click Edit Connections.

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Install and configure NetworkManager along with the NetworkManager applet and OpenVPN plugin. In other words, only OpenVPN can be used when using the NetworkManager approach. It is worth noting that even when WireGuard can be used on the Linux binary and on the app, PIA has yet to provide WireGuard files for configuration.

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Extract the ZIP file to a place in your user home directory or elsewhere that is memorable for future access. NetworkManager applet approach InstallationР В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’Вownload OpenVPN configuration files from PIA.

Ensure you are using PIA's DNS servers, listed on their website.

Disable ipv6 since it is not supported by PIA.

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