Lamnia VPN have a Flash sale 12 Months VPN ( Dynamic with Open VPN ) only $49.99 the whole year.!! Lately I discovered that connecting to a VPN via PPTP option has been removed in the new mac os - sierra. I tried multiple application to do so - all failed. How can I connect to my VPN over PPTP? I don't want to use L2TP because I don't have a pre shared key (I also don't know what it is).
MacOS Server has long had a VPN service to allow client computers to connect to a network even when they’re out of the home or office. And as with many a service on macOS Server, this is one of the easiest VPN servers you’ll ever setup. The server was once capable of running the two Continue reading Configure The VPN Service In macOS Server 5.4 on High Sierra. For security reason, PPTP VPN connection eliminated on the latest Mac OS Sierra. There is no way Apple will bring it back, but fortunately, there’s an App for that. I recently evaluating a VPN client for Mac that supports PPTP and other methods as well. My initial impression Shimo VPN is really easy to use, fast and light.
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
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.
I hope this post can help you on how to setup L2TP VPN on macOS Sierra.
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There are no limitations regarding the use of VPN protocols.
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Shimo does not support PPTP/L2TP on macOS Catalina due to Apple's enforced security requirements.