Blackberry Playbook is a mini-tablet computer that was developed by Blackberry. It was originally released back in 2011 and ever since has launched several versions. In this tutorial we will be showing you how to manually setup a virtual private network or VPN’s Internet Key Exchange version 2 or IKEv2 internet security protocol on your Blackberry Playbook tablet.
Before we start you must make sure you have the following:
1- A fully working internet connection
2- A fully functional Blackberry Playbook tablet
3- A premium subscription to a reliable VPN service which supports IKEv2 as one of their security protocols
Setting up IKEv2 on Blackberry Playbook
1- From the top right corner of the “Main Menu” screen, tap on the “Settings” icon
2- From the “Settings” panel on the left of the screen, tap on “Security”
3- Tap on “VPN”
4- At the bottom of the “VPN” page, tap on “Add New”
5- In the field labeled “Profile Name”, enter the name you want to give to the IKEv2 connection that you are creating (it is usually recommended to give it the same name as your VPN provider)
6- In the field labeled “Server Address”, enter the hostname or the IP address of the VPN server you want to connect to (this can be found on the VPN provider’s website but make sure that you choose one of the servers that supports IKEv2 protocol)
7- Tap to open the drop-down menu labeled “Gateway Type” and select “Microsoft IKEv2 VPN Server”
8- Tap to open the drop-down menu labeled “Authentication Type” and select “EAP-MSCHAPv2”
9- Tap to open the drop-down menu labeled “Authentication ID Type” and select “Email Address”
10- In the field labeled “Authentication ID”, enter your VPN account username
11- In the field labeled “MSCHAPv2 Password”, enter your VPN account password
12- Tap to open the drop-down menu labeled “Gateway Auth Type” and select “PKI”
13- Tap to open the drop-down menu labeled “Gateway Auth ID Type” and select “Identity Certificate Distinguished”
14- Tap to open the drop-down menu labeled “Gateway CA Certificate” and select “AddTrust External CA Root”
15- At the bottom, tap on “Save and Connect”
Once the connection is established, this means that your Blackberry Playbook device is fully secured with a VPN’s IKEv2 connection meaning that all your network traffic will be going through the VPN’s IKEv2 server instead of your ISP server.
