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BR500 VPN w/Mac Client
I am having difficulties setting up a “Instant” VPN on my new BR500 router.
My network topology is :
[Local LAN @ 192.168.1.0/24] <==> [BR500 @ 65.110.137.192] <=> [Cable Modem] <=> ...
This issue was solved by using the built-in Insight VPN of the BR500. Please reach out if you have issues using other methods.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get VPN working on a Mac on a BR500 Instant VPN router?
Hello,
Reviewing the logs I can see permission errors requiring admin permission to perform an action:
2019-04-02 11:50:52 Tunnelblick[54108] Tunnelblick needs to perform an
action that requires a computer administrator's authorization.
The user you are using, can you verify if it has admin rights and attempt to run the application again? What version of OSX are you currently using?
Thanks for the reply. I've tried running Tunnelblick on two Mac's both running Mojave (10.14.4, one a MacBook Air, one a Mac Mini).
In both cases, I was logged into my "Admin" account, i.e., an account in the Administrators group that is the account I created when I installed my Mac, and not 'root' per se, but one which I can 'sudo' to pretty much anything.
Can you confirm whether the steps I took were appropriate, or am I missing anything? I assume that the extra files (ca.crt, client.crt, client.key) are only required if I am doing certificate authentication? But I have not done anything with those files, because I'm not quite sure how I would use them?
Only the conf file needs to be copied to tunnelblick during the setup process. You will drag the conf tile to the top task bar and it will add the configuration. High Serria has more locked down privacy and you would need to allow the developer to be able to run the program. To do that, navigate to Settings > Security & Privacy and under "Allow apps and downloaded from" you should see the developer listed. Click allow and the program should now have access to execute the extension to run the vpn.
The only problem is that I am running Mojave, and there is no longer an option to "Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere". What usually happens is that if you try to run an app that is not permitted, you have (I think it is) 30 minutes to go to that same screen, where it will tell you that the app as prevented from running, with a button to "Allow to run anyway". Unfortunately, I don't see that option when I run Tunnelblick.
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