How to set up SSTP VPN on Windows 10
This tutorial will show you how to set up SSTP VPN on Windows 10 using the SmartyDNS VPN services. If you don’t have a SmartyDNS account, you can try our services for free for 3 days.
Here are the steps you should follow:
- Click on “Action Center” icon (1), in the lower right corner. Then click on “VPN” (2).
- Once the “Network & Internet” settings window is opened, click on “Add a VPN connection” (3).
- Then fill the fields with the following settings:
“VPN provider” (4) – Windows (built-in).
“Connection name” (5) – Name your connection. For instance name it “SmartyDNS SSTP”.
“Server name or address” (6) – type the SSTP Hostname of the server you want to connect to.
To find the entire list of all available servers, sign in to your account on our website, go to “Setup” -> “VPN Servers“. If you don’t have a SmartyDNS account, you can try our services for free for 3 days.
“VPN type” (7) – choose “Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)”.
In the “Type of sign-in info” (8) – choose the “User name and password”.
Then type your VPN username and password in the “User name” (9) and “Password” (10) fields.
Assure you use your VPN username and password, NOT the website account credentials. To find your VPN username and password, sign in to your account on our website, go to “Setup” -> “VPN Username & Password“. If you don’t have a SmartyDNS account, you can try our services for free for 3 days.
Verify all the data that you have entered once again and click on “Save” (11).
- Now you can see the connection that you have created (12).
- To connect to SSTP protocol click on “Network” icon (13) and click on your VPN connection (14).
- This will open VPN connection list. Now choose VPN server you want to connect to and click on “Connect” button (15).
Within few seconds a connection will be created. To disconnect simply click on “Disconnect” button.
