A VPN is a Virtual Private Network, an encrypted connection from one computer (e.g. a home one) to another network (e.g. a work one). It can also be between two networks.
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“Connect” button greyed out in “Network” window
Under "System Preferences: Network", I have a VPN login. The "Server Address" and "Account Name" fields are filled in, and, in the "Authentication Settings" subwindow, so are the "Shared Secret" and ...
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Xserve VPN L2TP cannot see LDAP
After quite a bit of mucking around and getting no VPN activity through my router, I finally resolved that issue.
Only my local users can authenticate through VPN, any user from LDAP receives "The ...
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OSX 10.8.2 installs routes on second ppp connection to the wrong interface
When I connect to a 3G connection it installs an interface ppp0 and a default gateway all OK:
netstat -rn
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use ...
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Is it possible to use the Xserve VPN service without using the DHCP service?
I'm working on a friend's network and he's currently got a cisco router handling DHCP. Does the Xserve VPN service require that the Xserve also be handling DHCP?
Xserve 10.6.8
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Possible to use OSX's built-in Cisco IPSec VPN on a custom port?
From my googling and personal experience, I've determined that OSX's IPSec is extremely hard to get working for some people. It turns out I'm one of those people.
Using what I believe are the correct ...
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How should I use VPN on a Mac to prevent compromise before the VPN starts?
As most experienced users will have heard, using a Mac in a public untrusted Wi-Fi can be potentially harmful. A tool like Firesheep1 has made it very easy to intercept unencrypted communication.
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Connect to VPN before login
Is there a way to connect to a VPN before/during the login window appears? I have bound my computer to an Active Directory server, but the AD server can only be found after the connection to the VPN ...
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Mac Mini with VPN — > Wifi — > devices
I have a Mac Mini with VPN (Witopia) which I like to share the VPN to my other devices, especially Apple TV
The following solutions won't work
Make an adhoc network
Internet Sharing (doesnt work ...
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sharing wifi from OpenVPN
I can turn my Mac into a wifi AP with the system's Sharing. In this configuration I share my connection from Ethernet.
But how can I share my connection from OpenVPN?
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OpenVPN on iOS can't connect
I have an account on an OpenVPN server and I can confirm that it is working, because i can connect to it from a win7 machine. But when i try to connect to it from the iOS OpenVPN app, it gets stuck in ...
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Is there a way to get an Airport Extreme to coexist with a second router offering VPN?
Essentially, I want add VPN functionality to my home-office domain so I can access it from other locations, and allow the occasional other person to access it this way.
Obviously, the two routers ...
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VPN and Wifi start with same 192.168.1.x
On my Macbook Pro I have recently added a VPN connection to the server at work. Now, my Wifi network at home uses the following IP block: 192.168.1.x as does the VPN from work.
So when my MBP tries ...
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Copy local file to vpn finder
I am connected to a remote server with VPN. I want to copy and paste one file to that server. When I am trying to drag and drop, it doesnt let me do that. I am new to this and this is really ...
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How to use VPN with OS X Server?
I have recently set up a server on my Mac mini with the OS X Mountain Lion Server app. I would like to have remote access (from outside of my home's wifi network) to the files and folders in my home ...
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How to troubleshoot Network Connect issues?
I have to use Juniper's Network Connect to use my company's VPN. I haven't changed anything on my system in the past few days, but suddenly Network Connect fails to connect to the VPN with the ...
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Restricting Applications to Specific Interface For Added VPN Security
I am trying to find a way (either software or using terminal) to bind certain applications to my VPN interface (untun0). I have looked at every firewall solution available for OS X 7 and none of them ...
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How can I set the Java version default to 32bit via command line?
I have a few 10.6.8 users with the last official Cisco VPNClient.app, 4.90.280, who continuously received the "error 51" on launch despite not being booted into 64-bit.
Manually running sudo kextload ...
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How to set Citrix to load default Java client instead of default TS on Mac OS 10.8.2
I'm trying to fix an important issue we are having with my juniper VPN. There are no issues with PC connecting to VPN from any Microsoft OS.. just with some Apple computers running OSX 10.8.2...
So ...
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Ethernet bridging Mac Mini
I would like to be able to use my home server (2012 Mac Mini) as a OpenVPN client with two network interfaces. My plan is to connect a small switch with an Apple TV and Roku to one thunderbolt ...
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Which low cost server device is compatible with iOS VPN on demand?
There is a question on "What is VPN on demand, and how do I get it to work with iOS?", however its accepted answer lacks detail.
Envision a small business usage with only 1 or 2 iPhone/iPad devices ...
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How to determine which traffic goes over the PPTP VPN?
I setup a PPTP VPN on mac os x lion, on the advanced tab I do not have the send all traffic over VPN connection checked. I only want traffic to a specific server connected to go through the vpn, ...
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how to use two network adapters simultaneously, bridge one for VM (with Parallels)?
I need bridged networking under Parallels for a VPN from the Windows VM. However, this conflicts with my main OS (Mountain Lion) using the same adapter. I'd be happy to direct the mac to wifi ...
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How can I share an OpenVPN connection with the rest of my home network
I've signed up with an OpenVPN provider, and would like to share that connection across my home network (send all internet traffic out encrypted to a VPN server). I've tried this blog post and ...
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Can Airport Extreme host a standing VPN connection?
I'm not sure how to word this to even google if this is possible even without an Airport Extreme, but my network has the AE providing network services to it. What I want to do is have the AE ...
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How to connect to a VPN with PPTP that uses CHAP and MS-CHAP?
My employer recently changed our VPN that we use while working remote and sent some new instructions for setting up our windows machines to connect to it.
Following the instructions, I basically just ...
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Can't access Xserve through Aventail SSL VPN with AD authentication
In testing our Aventail SSL VPN with Mac clients we're finding that once connected to the VPN we can't access Xserve shares when authenticating via Active Directory like we normally do on our internal ...
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Facebook Messenger - Enable Voice call outside U.S
Is there any way for me outside U.S to enable Facebook Messenger voice calls on my iPhone now? Hack? Or is it working with a vpn-tunnel thru U.S ?
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Unable to ping any website through terminal and network utility
I have internet connection and I can access every website. But when I try to ping any website ( be it www.google.com or www.stackoverflow.com or any site ) I always get Request timeout for icmp_seq 0 ...
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Apple Script + VPN + Textbox
I have an applescript :
tell application "System Events"
tell current location of network preferences
set VPNService to service "VPN (Cisco IPSec)"
if exists VPNService then
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VPN between home and iPad does not work on work Wi-Fi?
I am trying to create a VPN on my Mac that will allow me to access my home internet connection from my iPad in a remote location. I have been using the program "iVPN" on the Mac to "distribute" the ...
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Viscosity OpenVPN Tunnelblick Connect but all rdp connections go dead after about 10 minutes
symptons:
Open viscosity, select appropriate connection.
Wait until connection resolves, get an IP address.
Use Microsoft Remote Desktop connection Client for Mac
- Version 2.1.1 (110309)
Everything ...
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Why proxPN cannot connect on my MacBook?
I am located in China and just installed proxPN on my MacBook. But it does not connect to the server in Dallas, it always hangs there.
What can I do?
Thanks!
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Why is the VPN switch sometimes missing from settings on my iPad?
There is a VPN switch in settings that often appears below the wifi option in settings on iOS:
(the above image is from a website and not my iPad, as I can't seem to get my iPad to show VPN right ...
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How do I emulate Internet Sharing from the command line?
I'm trying to set up my Macbook Air to share an OpenVPN connection for use while I'm on the road and don't want my iOS traffic to go over the open Internet. Sadly, Mountain Lion's Internet Sharing ...
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Share Cisco AnyConnect VPN Connection on a Mac [closed]
i am currently trying to share my vpn connection on my mac. But it does not work. If i connect to the network via the Cisco AnyConnect VPN-Client and then trying to share the network, it does not ...
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VPN and insecure WiFi on iPad
I have a question about VPN Access on my iPad. After every time I lock it for more than 15 minutes, when I return to using my iPad, it reconnects to WiFi but doesn't re-establish the VPN connection ...
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How do you list clients connected to OS X Server 10.8's VPN?
The 10.6 Server manual says this:
but it doesn't work on 10.8.
Even a Terminal command would be great.
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VPN Changes Hostname
When I connect to various VPN servers (Windows PPTP, Cisco IPSEC) the hostname of my laptop gets updated.
Is there a setting somewhere that will stop this from happening?
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OS X iOS VPN issues
I setup a VPN server on my Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N router at Macau, and use it for access website over China Firewall when i travel in China. On Android and Windows, everything work fine, however on my ...
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Mac OS X Mountain Lion - DNS resolving uses wrong order on VPN via dial-up connection
I am using a MacBook with Mac OS X 10.8.2 and connect to my company's network via VPN. Everything works great when establishing the VPN connection via LAN or WLAN. However, when I use a dial-up ...
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Routing incoming networking traffic from a specific source to a VPN
I have a local network with an OS X Mountain Lion server (ip 10.0.0.2), which is connected to a VPN (interface ppp0). This Server is the default gateway for the computers in the network.
The VPN is ...
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VPN mountain lion server not working
I cannot connect to my mac server using a VPN connection from outside my LAN. I can connect from inside which means that the VPN server on Mountain Lion is working. When I look at the logs on my ...
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Repair Permissions messed up network preferences
I ran repair permissions a few days ago, because other accounts on my computer couldn't open system preferences (this problem persists, but I don't care about it very much). What does bother me, ...
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Why OpenVPN needs a external client such as Tunnelblick to connect to a OpenVPN server? [closed]
Why are the system network preferences not enough?
And is it true, that the setting "Encryption Max 128 bit" in the System Preferences does mean, that only possible encryption of traffic with 128 ...
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iPad - Setup both PPTP and L2TP VPNs - blocked by firewall - can I use the 'Proxy' settings to evade?
I'm using the VPN Express app to setup PPTP and L2TP connections. It automatically sets the VPN profiles up successfully for me. When I try to connect, get error messages telling me that the server ...
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VPN - split tunnel routing [duplicate]
I would like to use a VPN to access all sites external to our local intranet, but preserve local routing so that I can still access sites on the local intranet (e.g. in 10.0.0.0/8). I am using the Mac ...
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Can a Keyboard Shortcut be Set to Connect to VPN?
I now this may sound quite lazy, but I connect to a VPN several times a day (since the laptop gets disconnected from time to time).
I am aware of the "Show VPN Status in the Menubar" option, but is ...
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How do I set up a VPN on a DMZ'd iMac?
I have an iMac set up as my server machine. On the network, it is in the DMZ. The rest of the computers in the network use an internal 10.0.0.x IP.
I have OS X Server's VPN set to give clients IPs in ...
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Route all traffic to a particular domain/subdomain without VPN
I'm using OpenVPN through Viscosity.
Is it possible to set it up in such a way that all traffic would go through the VPN, except traffic to a domain I'd specify (and all its subdomains, etc.)?
So ...
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How do I automatically connect to a VPN when using Wi-Fi in OS X?
The FBI issued a warning regarding hotel Wi-Fi access points, and any other public access point.
I'd like to make sure my apple device always uses a VPN when using Wi-Fi. That way even if an attacker ...
