{"id":1598,"date":"2025-05-16T18:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1598"},"modified":"2025-09-19T19:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T19:20:17","slug":"manual-setup-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/manual-setup-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Manual Setup for Windows &#8211; Preferred Method if not using FoxyProxy Windows VPN App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are not using the <a href=\"https:\/\/getfoxyproxy.org\/downloads\">FoxyProxy Windows VPN App<\/a>, here are manual setup instructions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Open Network &amp; internet -&gt; VPN and click the Add VPN button:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1590\" width=\"468\" height=\"577\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Fill out the next window like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"482\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2.png 482w, https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-154x300.png 154w, https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-26x50.png 26w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connection Name<\/strong>: use any descriptive label you like<br><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Server name or address<\/span><\/strong>: enter one of your FoxyProxy VPN server names. These are of the format xxxx.getfoxyproxy.org.<br><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">VPN Type<\/span><\/strong>: IKEv2<br><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Type of sign-in info<\/span><\/strong>: Username and password<br><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Username (optional<\/span><\/strong>): enter your FoxyProxy username. This is <strong>NOT <\/strong>optional.<strong><br>Password (optional)<\/strong>: enter your FoxyProxy password. This is <strong>NOT <\/strong>optional.<br><br>Click the <strong>Save <\/strong>button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3: Connect<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the wifi signal in the lower-right of the task, bar and click VPN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"483\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-5.png 483w, https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-5-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-5-35x50.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose a VPN server to connect to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"481\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6.png 481w, https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6-206x300.png 206w, https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-6-34x50.png 34w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are not using the FoxyProxy Windows VPN App, here are manual setup instructions: Step 1: Open Network &amp; internet -&gt; VPN and click the Add VPN button: Step 2: Fill out the next window like this: Connection Name: use any descriptive label you likeServer name or address: enter one of your FoxyProxy VPN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[49],"ht-kb-tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1756,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1598\/revisions\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1598"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}