[vpn-help] ShrewSoft VPN Client on Mac OS X Mavericks

[Jim Harle]

What type of gateway device are you connecting to?

From: Dan Bennett [mailto:dan at dan-bennett.me]
Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 11:47 AM
To: Harle Jim
Cc: vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
Subject: RE: [vpn-help] ShrewSoft VPN Client on Mac OS X Mavericks

Sadly I haven’t got it working yet :-(. Only answer I’m getting is to use a Windows VM heh.

Built in won’t work, other clients won’t work either… Grmbl!




Dan Bennett
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http://dan-bennett.me

From: Jim Harle vpn at technicolor.com<mailto:vpn at technicolor.com>
Reply: Jim Harle vpn at technicolor.com<mailto:vpn at technicolor.com>
Date: 7 April 2014 at 17:31:49
To: Dan Bennett dan at dan-bennett.me<mailto:dan at dan-bennett.me>
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Subject:  RE: [vpn-help] ShrewSoft VPN Client on Mac OS X Mavericks


Ohhhh, now I get it.  I’m spoiled by only connecting to Cisco ASAs, versus any non-Cisco stuff.

What “additional software” did you need to install to get Shrew working?  I’d like to try it.

From: Dan Bennett [mailto:dan at dan-bennett.me]
Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 8:30 AM
To: Harle Jim
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Subject: Re: [vpn-help] ShrewSoft VPN Client on Mac OS X Mavericks

Hi Jim

It's not undesirable. That's exactly what I want to do but sadly it doesn't work as it uses The Cisco method which is different to just standard IPSec (apparently).

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Dan Bennett
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On 3 Apr 2014, at 21:31, Jim Harle <vpn at technicolor.com<mailto:vpn at technicolor.com>> wrote:
I didn’t know running Shrew under OS X was possible, but am curious to know why using the native IPsec client in OS X is undesirable.

From: vpn-help [mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net] On Behalf Of Dan Bennett
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:58 AM
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Subject: [vpn-help] ShrewSoft VPN Client on Mac OS X Mavericks

I had ShrewSoft VPN running on OS X Mountain Lion and that seemed to work fine (after installing the additional software that a google search gave me). However, since upgrading to Mavericks, this hasn’t worked entirely well.

It connects fine, however the connection does keep pinging out and so access to the IPs that the VPN listens for is incredibly laggy and difficult to use.

Is there an alternative method to getting ShrewSoft VPN Client working on OS X Mavericks?
Ideally - is there a way of getting it to work within OS X’s own VPN settings within System Preferences -> Network?

Thanks!

Dan


Dan Bennett
Radio Presenter, Music Producer & DJ

http://dan-bennett.me
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