[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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