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VPN MacOS client setup
Working to setup up a IPv4 Client-to-Gateway VPN tunnel for MacOS clients configuring the MacOS native VPN client (Network Settings, VPN Interface, Cisco IPSec type). It appears I have been successfu...
I apologize for this is the only time I got back on this. Is your network setup as well as the settings on your FVS336Gv3 and MAC OS X Sierra the same as indicated on the article below?
Mac OS X VPN Client install with ProSAFE VPN Firewall/Router
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi Ken -
I would be interested in hearing about your experiences.
I tried the same type of connection a few months back (we have an SRX5308), with assistance of Netgear support (there is a KB article that describes the setup), and though it worked (including accessing resources - perhaps you need to do something about DNS resolution), the connection would always terminate after 5 minutes,even if I was actilvely using it. I tried changing various settings (I believe I opened a support ticket), but was never successful in resolving this. It became a lower priority (because we have alternate methods of accessing the VPN) but it remains an issue for us.
I was also trying to connect iOS devices (iPhone & iPad) and got the same 5 min disconnect behavior. Here is the KB article for that:
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25836?cid=wmt_netgear_organic
Hi sqv,
I configured my FVS336Gv3 and my Mac's VPN client using a Netgear Application Notes document titled "How to Configure UTM with Apple OSX and iOS Devices for IPsec VPN", dated 2011. I can't recall how I stumbled upon this document but you could search for it.
As I said, I can connect from my Mac laptop to my FVS336Gv3 over the VPN, and I can send/receive email and web browse, but I cannot yet access LAN resources, such as my network storage. I am certain the solution is some configuration adjustment on the FVS336Gv3 (perhaps DNS resolution as you suggest) but I have not had the time to experiment and have not received any reply from Netgear or any other community member.
What I have not experienced is the timeouts you are seeing. The tunnel appears to stay up until I close it.
I have not yet configured iOS devices, as that is less critical to me that MacOS. Thank you for the KB article!
- Ken
I just want to follow-up on this. Were you able to try the suggestions?
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Hi DanaA,
I am back from my travels out-of-town, cleared my backlog of tasks and am now fully focused on solving this VPN connectivity issue.
Know that I am not at all skilled in setup of VPN's. My current setup has an IKE Policy using a Mode Config, but has no VPN Policy set up. Perhaps I don't need an IKE Policy at all, and just a VPN Policy??
I am absolutely a believer in "reading the manual" before asking for help, so please do direct me to any background I can read before I ask for your generous help.
I confirrm the local IP address of my MacBook VPN client is different from the LAN subnet the firewall sits on. It should also be so, but I will have different DHCP assiged IP addresses as I move around to different host networks.
I apologize for this is the only time I got back on this. Is your network setup as well as the settings on your FVS336Gv3 and MAC OS X Sierra the same as indicated on the article below?
Mac OS X VPN Client install with ProSAFE VPN Firewall/Router
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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