Jul 31, 2014 - You're better of having remote users connect to your QB server using RDP over VPN. Pertino's cloud VPN supports both Mac and Windows. Configure VPN ciphers on Mac OS Server. Ask Question up vote 1 down vote favorite. I'm trying to harden the L2TP/IPSec VPN on an El Capitan server. All the resources I can find either just walk you through the basic setup (adding a shared key, etc.) or are for third-party servers.
Use a VPN Client (The Easiest Thing) Note that some VPN providers offer their own desktop clients, which means you won’t need this setup process. All of our favorite VPNs– for advanced users, and and for basic users–offer their own desktop application for connecting to their VPNs and selecting VPN server locations. Connect to L2TP over IPSec, PPTP, and Cisco IPSec VPNs RELATED: Use the Network control panel to connect to most. To open it, click the Apple menu, select System Preferences, and click Network or click the Wi-Fi icon on the menu bar and select Open Network Preferences. Click the plus sign button at the bottom left corner of the window and select “VPN” in the Interface box.
Choose the type of VPN server you need to connect to in the “VPN Type” box and enter a name that will help you identify it. Like other operating systems, Mac OS X doesn’t include built-in support for OpenVPN networks. Scroll down for instructions for connecting to OpenVPN networks. Enter the VPN server’s address, your username, and other settings. The “Authentication Settings” button allows you to provide the authentication you’ll need to connect — anything from a password or certificate file to RSA SecurID, Kerberos, or CryptoCard authentication.
The “Advanced” button allows you to configure the VPN connection in other ways. For example, the default settings automatically disconnect from the VPN when you log out or switch users.
You could uncheck these boxes to prevent the Mac from automatically disconnecting. Click Apply to save your settings. Before you do, you can enable the “Show VPN status in menu bar” option to get a menu bar icon for managing your VPN connection. Use this menu to connect to your VPN and disconnect from it as necessary. Automatically Reconnect to a VPN When The Connection Drops RELATED: By default, your Mac won’t automatically reconnect to the VPN if the connection dies.
To save yourself some time and hassle, use the application. It’s available for $1 on the Mac App Store. This is a simple application that basically replaces the built-in VPN on Mac OS X.
If the VPN connection drops, it will automatically reconnect. This applicaiton uses the built-in VPN support in Mac OS X, so it’ll only work with connections you can configure in the Network Settings panel. If you use a third-party VPN client — for example, to connect to an OpenVPN VPN — it won’t help you.
But third-party VPN clients may have this feature integrated. If you want to save a dollar or just prefer DIY solutions, you could.
Connect to OpenVPN Networks You’ll need a third-party application for connecting to OpenVPN VPNs. The official OpenVPN website recommends the open-source application for this. Install Tunnelblick, launch it, and it will ask for the configuration files provided by your OpenVPN server.
These often have the.ovpn file extension and are required for connecting from any OpenVPN client. Your OpenVPN server provider should provide them to you. Tunnelblick provides its own menu bar icon for managing your OpenVPN connections. Select “VPN Details” and you’ll see Tunnelblick’s connection window, where you can configure how it works. For example, you can have Tunnelblick automatically connect to OpenVPN networks when this application launches.
It can automatically keep you connected to the VPN network, so you won’t need a tool like VPN AutoConnect. If you need to connect to another type of VPN network, you’ll need a different third-party VPN client with support for that type of network. Image Credit.
Hello All, I've been asked to help with configuring a new file server for a small office in Sydney (two people, one's a close friend; Mac environment) but on delving further in to their requirements there is a dual VPN component which I've not done before. They currently connect to a remote site in Europe by VPN when needed to an OS X VPN Server (PPTP) for access to one of their systems.
They would like to possibly have an ongoing VPN connection to Europe and also be able to set up a new VPN server for their office in Sydney. I was wondering if there is a router that can act as a VPN client and Server simultaneously? This will allow them to seamlessly connect to the systems in Europe and access local data when in the office; I'm thinking this would also be the same if they are working remotely from home by creating the one VPN connection in to the Sydney office. The Draytek Vigor 2960 looks like it could do this kind of thing but was hoping someone might have real world experience. My background is SOE/Packaging so more than happy tinkering with operating systems but with routers I've usually just worked with the basics and single WAN connections. I probably should have worded that a little better; I'm sure there's a whole class of routers that will do the job;) We're looking for something that's simple to manage and configure and probably around the AUD$500 mark (or less) which is roughly what the Draytek can be found for. Sonicwalls seem to be pretty pricey over here, the Cisco RV220W is more affordable which seems to get mentioned a bit.
No existing hardware to put something like pfSense on but I'm tempted to run up a pfSense box at home to have a play with. I'm not sure I understand your requirement.
When you say second VPN to Sydney - do you mean when they are not in the Sydney office they can VPN to it? And then you want this conneciton to allow access to Europe? This would need site to site VPN between Sydney and Europe - so changes would be needed in Eurpoe also.
The disadvantage is that if you say access a file in Europe it will come from europe in the router @ Sydney and then back out to the client doubling. Performance will be worse.
What would be easier is to have 2 vpn connections on the clients and then use whichever they need. Not perfect but easy. Doughnutdestroyer wrote: Chamele0n wrote: CaseyCo wrote: I was wondering if there is a router that can act as a VPN client and Server simultaneously? Indeed, most Firewall/Routers that offer a VPN server, can also be a client at the same time. I know that Sonicwalls and Cisco's can do this.
Sonicwalls could do this, however, you need to be careful when you look at a SonicWall to run VPN on a Mac setup. I believe Sonicwall's VPN is a L2TP IPSec, you should be able to connect to it with the built in features on Mac OS X. I know it's possible to connect to Sonicwall on Linux. I have not personally tried connecting to a Sonicwall VPN from a Mac. SonicWall will work fine with OSX, but what version of OSX are you using?
I would not have the VPN connection also be the server, as in have the OSX server be the VPN gateway and server for the VPN services. You can also get 2 Watchguard XTM firewalls, they work perfectly with OSX. Are you going to be running any SMB file shares over the VPN?
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Depending on what version of OSX server that might be a issue. It really comes down to how secure you want it, how much uptime you expect, throughput and cost. Cheapest would be getting 2 Mac Mini then put OSX server on them, making then the VPN server gateway and servers. Depending on what model you get, Sonicwall/Watchguards. This will be the MOST secure VPN tunnel and also be a wonderfull firewall for your network. This will also have the best uptime and reliability.
It's also the most to configure. This may come from left field, but in thinking about your situation, there may be an easier and more ideal way to create this setup. Rather than purchase a router, why not deploy a software solution like Pertino?
In our office, we have our LAN living in concert with our own Pertino networks. I can access VMs and home devices via Pertino while also having visibility into shared files on the LAN. The price would fall well under the AUD$500, and be much easier to configure and deploy (no configuration, no hardware). The only caveat is that Pertino would need to be installed on any device you want to be able to access on the network.
If you'd like to try it out in your own environment first, you can download and deploy a network for free at. Josh (Pertino) wrote: This may come from left field, but in thinking about your situation, there may be an easier and more ideal way to create this setup. Rather than purchase a router, why not deploy a software solution like Pertino? In our office, we have our LAN living in concert with our own Pertino networks. I can access VMs and home devices via Pertino while also having visibility into shared files on the LAN. The price would fall well under the AUD$500, and be much easier to configure and deploy (no configuration, no hardware). The only caveat is that Pertino would need to be installed on any device you want to be able to access on the network.
If you'd like to try it out in your own environment first, you can download and deploy a network for free at. He may be looking for a solution, that he does not need to fuel with money every month. It could well exceed the AUD$500 just because of running costs every month.
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It depends on how many devices he has. We do need more info from the OP.
Edit: If he had just 50 Devices, that is 50x12 = 600. With the price of 'as low as $1 a month/device' that is $600/month right there to run it. When he could have a one time fee with routers/firewalls or other software and have no real maintenance fees.
Chamele0n wrote: Josh (Pertino) wrote: This may come from left field, but in thinking about your situation, there may be an easier and more ideal way to create this setup. Rather than purchase a router, why not deploy a software solution like Pertino? In our office, we have our LAN living in concert with our own Pertino networks. I can access VMs and home devices via Pertino while also having visibility into shared files on the LAN. The price would fall well under the AUD$500, and be much easier to configure and deploy (no configuration, no hardware). The only caveat is that Pertino would need to be installed on any device you want to be able to access on the network. If you'd like to try it out in your own environment first, you can download and deploy a network for free at.
He may be looking for a solution, that he does not need to fuel with money every month. It could well exceed the AUD$500 just because of running costs every month. It depends on how many devices he has. We do need more info from the OP. Very possible. I took it to mean 2 users and maybe 2 servers which would actually make it free for life under current Pertino plans.
Casey - can you confirm? Josh (Pertino) wrote: Chamele0n wrote: Josh (Pertino) wrote: This may come from left field, but in thinking about your situation, there may be an easier and more ideal way to create this setup. Rather than purchase a router, why not deploy a software solution like Pertino? In our office, we have our LAN living in concert with our own Pertino networks. I can access VMs and home devices via Pertino while also having visibility into shared files on the LAN.
The price would fall well under the AUD$500, and be much easier to configure and deploy (no configuration, no hardware). The only caveat is that Pertino would need to be installed on any device you want to be able to access on the network. If you'd like to try it out in your own environment first, you can download and deploy a network for free at. He may be looking for a solution, that he does not need to fuel with money every month. It could well exceed the AUD$500 just because of running costs every month. It depends on how many devices he has. We do need more info from the OP.
Very possible. I took it to mean 2 users and maybe 2 servers which would actually make it free for life under current Pertino plans. Casey - can you confirm? We still don't have enough information on the devices though. We know 2 people. But when looking at my company. 2 people here control 105 servers.
That would not be free for life. Because it does not fall under the personal plan. If the OP is indeed talking 1 device per person, maybe 1-2 servers at that location.
It could very well be free, but we need the OP to confirm the numbers of users/devices for each user. Awesome guys!!! This is my first post here and it's great to get people's opinions on the various options. I'll check out Pertino. The Sydney office is currently two people with a possible extra two in the near future. Currently two Macbook Pros not linked apart from using the office wireless router (found out this a Cisco SRP 527W).
Both Macbook Pros have a VPN connection setup to connect to an Apple Mac OS X server in Europe which is running the built-in OS X Server VPN (PPTP). I'm purely helping my friend who's one of the Sydney people as she wanted to consolidate the local data, we were just going to put in an iMac (with OS X Server) and use it as a file, VPN and MYOB server. I was initially just going to get them to use the VPN connection to Europe when needed and when out of the office connect to the local VPN. Once we started talking about things the idea of being able to do everything through one VPN connection sounded like a 'nice to have' but I was concerned about doing it on a small budget and it being too slow (plus it was something I hadn't experienced in the real world yet).
Neither of them know much tech so I have to put in something pretty simple so they aren't calling me very often. For the setup in Europe I could go as far as getting a new VPN user account setup if needed but I wouldn't be recommending they change any of their existing configuration over there. The systems they will use hosted in Europe are a Filemaker server from a local Filemaker Pro install in Sydney and also using Microsoft RDP for a terminal session to a Windows server. There won't be any file transfers happening from what I've been told. Speeds are currently pretty slow apparently when using VPN now so adding additional devices that might slow things would be a concern.
I think that's covered it:) Thanks again guys!!!! Chamele0n wrote: So.
Here's the thing. Pertino does not currently have a client software for Mac OS X or Linux, currently they only have Windows. They are fairly new, just got out of the beta phase a few months ago. They are currently working on a client for Mac and Linux, as we speak. But no word on how long until it goes into beta testing. Could you shed some light on this Josh?
There is a beta client for Mac that, as far as I know, is stable. Linux is on the roadmap according to the website.
Hey guys - Mac has been out in Beta for over a month. I've actually been on it since June. We launched a Linux Ubuntu Beta about a month ago as well. I would imagine any VPN option would carry some latency connecting AUS to Europe, but that is to be expected given the distance. To clarify on our background, we conducted a Spiceworks Beta (hence the 'Built in Spiceworks' tag) in the months of December and January. We released publicly in February with limited availability status.
The reason for LA was that we felt without additional OS support, we weren't ready to go full launch. In the last 8 months, we've added additional OSes and functionality.
General availability is just around the corner as we prepare some big announcements. We actually just set up an internal lab with Filemaker this last week. If you ping, he can dive deeper into what we did.