This article will describe how you can configure L2TP/IPsec VPN on MAC OS X. Mac OS X; Access to your Mac OS X with admin or a user that has administrator permissions; Step 1 – Log in to Mac OS X. Click on the icon in the left top corner and click System Preferences. Mac OS X L2TP Client Setup Here is an instruction on how to connect to a VPN Gate Public VPN Relay Server by using L2TP/IPsec VPN Client which is built-in on Mac OS X. On this instruction, every screen-shots are taken on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Mac OS X L2TP Client Setup. Here is an instruction how to connect to a VPNNext Server by using L2TP/IPsec VPN Client which is built-in on Mac OS X. On this instruction, every screen-shots are taken on Mac OS X High sierra. Other versions of Mac OS X are similar to be configured, however there might be minor different on UIs. VPN Tracker is the #1 VPN client for Mac OS X. VPN Tracker supports over 300 VPN devices and lets you securely connect to any IPSec, PPTP, OpenVPN & L2TP VPN. L2TP VPN configuration on Mac OS X. DESCRIPTION: SonicWall has the functionality to allow remote users to connect to the network behind the SonicWall using L2TP inbuilt client on MAC OS X using IPSEC VPN protocol. This article focuses on configuration of L2TP VPN on MAC OS X clients to connect to SonicWall UTM appliances.
Here is an instruction on how to connect to a VPN Gate Public VPN Relay Server by using L2TP/IPsec VPN Client which is built-in on Mac OS X.
On this instruction, every screen-shots are taken on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Other versions of Mac OS X are similar to be configured, however, there might be minor differences on UIs.
These screen-shots are in English version of Mac OS X. If you use other languages, you can still configure it easily by referring the following instructions.
1. Initial configurations (only once at the first time)
Click the network icon on the top right side on the Mac screen. Click “Open Network Preferences…” in the menu.
Click the “+” button on the network configuration screen.
Select “VPN” as “Interface”, “L2TP over IPsec” as “VPN Type” and click the “Create” button.
A new L2TP VPN configuration will be created, and the configuration screen will appear.
Mac Os L2tp Ipsec
Server Address: This is your IP address which is supplied in your VPN Details under ‘server’.
Caesar 3 for mac. Account: This is your username which is supplied in your VPN Details.
Next, click the “Authentication Settings…” button.
The authentication screen will appear.
Password: Please use your VPN password which is supplied in your VPN Details.
Secret: Please use the following: soft1234 (all lowercase).
Click the “OK” button.
After return to the previous screen, check the “Show VPN status in menu bar” and click the “Advanced…” button.
The advanced settings will appear. Check the “Send all traffic over VPN connection” and click the “OK” button.
On the VPN connection settings screen, click the “Connect” button to start the VPN connection.
2. Start a VPN connection
Mac L2tp Vpn Setup
You can start a new VPN connection by clicking the “Connect” button at any time. You can also initiate a VPN connection by clicking the VPN icon on the menu bar.
After the VPN connection will be established, the VPN connection setting screen will become as below as the “Status” will be “Connected”. Your private IP address on the VPN, and connect duration time will be displayed on the screen.
3. Enjoy VPN communication
While VPN is established, all communications will be relayed via the VPN Server.
Choose a different operating system here.
On this post I am going to show you how to setup L2TP VPN macOS Sierra. It should be also applicable on the previous version of OS X such as El Capitan, Yosemite, and Mavericks.
If you upgraded your Mac to macOS 10.12 Sierra or your iPhone to iOS 10 you might be surprised that PPTP client is not on the list when adding VPN interface. Apple will no longer support PPTP client starting from macOS Sierra and iOS 10. Alternatively you can switch to use L2TP VPN over IPSec which offers better and more secure connection.
In previous post I have shown you how to configure Mikrotik as an L2TP VPN server. We will use the account configured on the Mikrotik as the login account.
Follow the below step by step on how to setup L2TP over IPSec on macOS Sierra
1. Open System Preferences then select Network
In the Network settings, click the + (plus) button to create a new service (we will create a new VPN service)
2. Select the interface for the new service
To create a new VPN service, configure the interface as below;
3. Enter the VPN server address and your account
Make sure the L2TP VPN server has been correctly configured. If you use Mikrotik, you can follow my previous post on how to configure Mikrotik as L2TP VPN server.
4. Configure the Authentication Settings
Click on the Authentication Settings to configure auth and machine authentication.
5. Click Advanced button
L2tp Vpn Client For Mac Os X
Make sure that the ‘Send all traffic over VPN connection’ is checked. Then click OK button. Complete the setting by clicking Apply button.
6. Connecting to L2TP VPN server
To connect to the VPN server, click the Connect button just under the Authentication Settings. Once it is connected, you can see the connection status, the connect time, and the IP address assigned to your Mac.
Mac L2tp Client
I hope this post can help you on how to setup L2TP VPN on macOS Sierra.