#HOW TO FIND MAC OS X NATIVE VPN HOW TO#
#HOW TO FIND MAC OS X NATIVE VPN UPDATE#

If the вЂњCreate Phase 1вЂќ button appeared at the top of the page after you clicked Apply in the previous step, click it.

Check вЂњProvide a list of accessible networks to clients'.

(Unless thatвЂ™s on your LAN then use something else that isnвЂ™t).

Enter an unused private Network and appropriate subnet mask (such as /24).

Putting a pool of 10.1.2.0/24 here will not work, since the /16 covers everything that starts with 10.1.* If thatвЂ™s how your network is set up, then do something completely different here, such as 172.16.1.0/24. This includes, for example, if you have taken an entire /16, EG 10.1.0.0/16 as your LAN. The network range you put here must be completely off the LAN network thatвЂ™s on your firewall. (IE: Anything on the LAN side of the firewall).

вЂњVirtual Address PoolвЂќ: Check вЂњProvide a virtual IP address to clientsвЂќ.ДЇor вЂњNetwork configuration for Virtual Address PoolвЂќ: Getting this wrong means your clients will not be able to see any inside network resources.

вЂњIKE ExtensionsвЂќ: Check вЂњEnable IPsec Mobile Client SupportвЂќ.

Navigate to VPN > IPsec, Mobile Clients tab on pfSense.

SECTION B: Set up Mobile IPsec for IKEv2+EAP-MSCHAPv2

Add more Alternative Names as needed for additional hostnames or IP addresses on the firewall that clients may use to connect.

Enter the WAN IP address of the firewall in the Value field.

Select вЂњIP addressвЂќ in the Type drop-down.

Click вЂњAddвЂќ to add a 2nd new Alternative Name.

Enter the same value you just used in Common Name.

Select вЂњFQDN or HostnameвЂќ in the Type drop-down.

Click вЂњAddвЂќ to add a new Alternative Name.

If clients will connect by IP address, place the WAN IP address here.

вЂњCommon NameвЂќ: The hostname of this PFSense firewall as it exists in DNS.

The below steps should cover all 3 scenarios. Others donвЂ™t and just give out the IP address. Some people put their VPN server address in DNS.

The regional and company values are copied from the CA and may be left as-is.

вЂњCertificate TypeвЂќ: Server Certificate.

Lifetime, as in Step 1, leave at the 10 years (3650 days) unless you want to reissue certs to clients more frequently.

Choose the desired Key length, Digest algorithm, and Lifetime.

For вЂњCertificate AuthorityвЂќ, select the one you just created in Step 1.

Enter a Descriptive Name such as IKEv2 VPN.

Method: вЂњCreate an internal certificateвЂќ.

On the вЂњCertificatesвЂќ tab, click вЂњAddвЂќ to create a new certificate.

Navigate to System > Cert Manager on pfSense.

вЂњCommon NameвЂќ: Put same as you used for вЂњDescriptive NameвЂќ above. As this is a non-registered self-issued certificate, this doesnвЂ™t need to be accurate so long as you donвЂ™t care that people connecting could see wrong information if you do fudge it). Lifetime: 3650 days (whatever you want but unless you want to keep having to re-issue this, just make it 10 years).ДЇill in the rest of the fields as desired with company or site-specific information. Method: вЂCreate an internal Certificate AuthorityвЂ™. Name is accordingly, no spaces or punctuation. вЂњDescriptive NameвЂќ: This will be the name of the certificate you give to people.

On the вЂњCAвЂќ tab, click вЂњAddвЂќ to create a new certificate authority. Navigate to System > Cert Manager on pfSense. This is copy/pasted from a Word doc so it's not going to format nicely here. (IE: This is not a VPN meant for hiding your Netflix country :)).

Note: This document is for SPLIT VPN, meaning, the client will retain local access to the Internet and the only traffic that will pass through your VPN is traffic destined for servers on your LAN side.

#HOW TO FIND MAC OS X NATIVE VPN UPDATE#

I'd love to just update the original if someone would give me access to to do. This new document is based directly on that original document, with all the appropriate updates and changes. The OSX instructions don't work at all for example. However it is either out-of-date, unclear, and perhaps inaccurate in certain areas. This document is close, it's author did a good job at the time. The original document, seen as the official go-to for IKEv2 VPN is. I have included the PowerShell stuff kapara contributed, so credit to him on that part. This document is the result of a lot of trial-and-error, and research.

#HOW TO FIND MAC OS X NATIVE VPN HOW TO#

This, hopefully, will serve as the one document that definitively defines how to get a secure IPSEC VPN on PFSense that works on both Windows 10 and OSX.

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