[vpn-help] Shrew and Mavericks
Dan Bennett
dan at dan-bennett.me
Thu Apr 10 02:12:18 CDT 2014
These are the settings I try for getting the OS X Shrew client to work. However when connected I get an incredible amount of ping drops making working with it unbearable.
It'd be easier if everyone had the issue but it seems to be a special thing with me. Can't replicate on Windows. Grmbl ....
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Dan Bennett
Radio Presenter, Music Producer & DJ
http://dan-bennett.me
> On 9 Apr 2014, at 23:29, Russell Day <russ at daynecorp.com.au> wrote:
>
> Whoa! What is this? It seems to be working at last…
>
> This is what I did:
>
> First, I followed these instructions.
> http://ulaptech.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/shrew-soft-vpn-client-for-mac-os-x.html
>
> In brief:
> 0) The installers are unsigned, so go to System Preferences - Security - tab General - select Allow apps downloaded from - Anywhere
> - leave it set to this until you have finished - none of the packages is signed.
>
> 1) Install the LGPL Qt Framework for Mac OSX.
> - the version is very important - Shrew will not work with anything else. Two links are provided. The first is broken, so use the second one.
> - this is a compiled Qt, so it takes a few seconds to install.
>
> 2) Install the current release of the TUN/TAP driver for Mac OSX.
> - this also happens in seconds
>
> 3) The finally, install the Shrew Soft VPN client.
> - this is a compiled Shrew, ready to run
> - the file is not listed on the Shrew web site, but it downloads successfully
> - once again, takes moments…
>
> 4) Go back to system prefs and set the Allow apps back to its previous setting, probably App Store and indentified developers
>
> 5) Reboot! this is required, I think, to start the TUN driver. No joy without the reboot.
>
> 6) Start the Access Manager, import the .vpn file if not already done, then click Connect. Enter user name, password and Tunnel Enabled!
>
> Step 3 installs a ready-to-run Shrew compiled for OS X. It is downloaded from the Shrew web site via a link. The file does not seem to be listed on the website, however, so if you do not know the exact URL for the file, you cannot find it.
>
> Please let me know how it goes for you.
> Russ
>
>> On 9 Apr 2014, at 4:32 pm, Dan Bennett <dan at dan-bennett.me> wrote:
>>
>> It's supported in windows and Linux but not OS X it seems.
>> I have the same issue.
>>
>
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