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#Ivpn on router how to#
#Ivpn on router mac os x#

There are loads of fun things you can do once connected to your VPN, but here's one: if you enable Screen Sharing on your VPN server (System Preferences > Sharing), access it from a connected Mac (and optionally any VNC client) via Cmd+K > vnc://server_ip_or_name.

#Ivpn on router mac os x#

See also: PPTP/L2TP VPN Server on Mac OS X Leopard Client, which addresses a possible connection problem with Windows XP SP2 or higher.

For those who prefer to setup vpnd manually (as opposed to using iVPN):.

If you don't have a static IP address, you may want to setup a dynamic DNS account.

You'll need to know the public IP address or domain name of the modem/router.

Make sure to follow the L2TP instructions.

The aforementioned PDF has detailed instructions for connecting to your VPN from iPhone, Windows, and Mac OS X.

Connecting to VPN from iPhone, Windows, or OS X

You may need to enable VPN passthrough on your router and/or forward the following UDP ports to the VPN server: 500, 1701, 4500.

You should never need to open it again, as its only purpose is to configure/enable vpnd.

We can now check "Start server at boot time" if desired (this option uses the deprecated but functional /Library/StartupItems).

Click "On" to enable the VPN server and enter your OS X user password when prompted.

Our router in this example is 192.168.50.1, the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, our primary DNS server is 192.168.50.1, and we'll use one of the OpenDNS servers for our secondary: 208.67.222.222.For the IP Address Range, choose a range of IP addresses in your LAN that you will reserve for VPN clients.Enter a username, password, and shared secret.Click "No" when asked about downloading the new version.Copy iVPN.app to your Applications folder.Download iVPN-2.4b.zip and iVPN-Help-2.4b.pdf (the source code is also available: ).The domain name and IP addresses above are for example purposes only and will likely differ on your networks. Using this guide, visiting a link, downloading a program, in short, living, is done entirely at your own risk (and joy). Standard disclaimer applies, as always: You are 100% responsible for your own actions.

#Ivpn on router how to#

This guide outlines how to enable the built-in VPN service (vpnd) in client versions of OS X, as Apple has neglected to mention (let alone explain) the possibility under non-server editions of OS X. Enable VPN server in OS X for remote access via iPhone, Windows, and OS X clients / docs / Enable VPN server in OS X for remote access via iPhone, Windows, and OS X clients