Pptp Vpn Client For Mac Os

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  • 3rd party PPTP Clients on macOS Sierra. One of the most popular VPN clients, offers not just support for PPTP, but for others as well. There is a 30-day trial, and while usually sold for $50, you can get it for $19 from this site. This is a fully functional application for macOS Sierra. It is a tested and working PPTP client on.
  • To make it work, create a new PPTP/L2TP account and simply follow the instructions, and you’ll be good to go. However, Flow VPN does the same for free. This client supports both PPTP and OpenVPN on macOS Sierra; just overwrite the Flow VPN server address with any server, and make a connection.
  • Apple has removed PPTP from the list of supported VPN protocols from OSX El Capitan (10.12)+. If you are running OSX El Capitan (10.12) or later, we would recommend investigating an L2TP or OpenVPN-based connection instead.

Below is a list of PPTP VPN Clients for Mac OS Sierra which will restore PPTP VPN access back to your Mac: Shimo VPN – Free Trial Available; As we find more PPTP VPN Clients we’ll update this list. Update: 7/10/16. We are still looking for other PPTP VPN Client alternatives for macOS Sierra but we haven’t been able to find any either paid.

VPN Protocols

There are no limitations regarding the use of VPN protocols.

Shimo supports every major VPN protocol that is currently available: The widely used CiscoVPN, the very secure OpenVPN and all standard-compliant IPSec connections. It also handles Point-to-Point Tunneling (PPTP VPN) and Layer 2 Tunneling (L2TP) protocols. Even Cisco’s new Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol AnyConnect is supported by Shimo – the most flexible VPN client for Mac. Shimo also enables you to establish encrypted Secure Shell (SSH) connections including port forwarding for secure web browsing.

There is no other VPN client for Mac which supports this variety of available protocols. If you want to have the all-in-one solution for your secure connections, Shimo is technology of choice. This feature is not only helpful, if you have to handle different types of connections, but rather in cases where your system administrator upgrades or changes the used protocol. With Shimo you are always prepared and ready to go.

Shimo does not support PPTP/L2TP on macOS Catalina due to Apple's enforced security requirements.

Table of contents
  1. 1.1. Initial configurations (only once at the first time)
  2. 2.2. Start a VPN connection
  3. 3.3. Enjoy VPN communication

Here is an instruction how to connect to a VPN Gate Public VPN Relay Server by using L2TP/IPsec VPN Client which is built-in on Mac OS X.

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On this instruction, every screen-shots are taken on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Other versions of Mac OS X are similar to be configured, however there might be minor different on UIs.

These screen-shots are in English version of Mac OS X. If you use other language, you can still configure it easily by referring the following instructions.

1. Initial configurations (only once at the first time)

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Click the network icon on the top-right side on the Mac screen. Click 'Open Network Preferences...' in the menu.

Click the '+' button on the network configuration screen.

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Select 'VPN' as 'Interface' , 'L2TP over IPsec' as 'VPN Type' and click the 'Create' button.

A new L2TP VPN configuration will be created, and the configuration screen will appear.

On this screen, you have to specify either hostname or IP address of the destination SoftEther VPN Server.

After you specified the 'Server Address' , input the user-name on the 'Account Name' field, which is the next to the 'Server Address' field.

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Next, click the 'Authentication Settings...' button.

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The authentication screen will appear. Input your password in the 'Password' field. Specify the pre-shared key also on the 'Shared Secret' field. After you input them, click the 'OK' button.

After return to the previous screen, check the 'Show VPN status in menu bar' and click the 'Advanced...' button.

The advanced settings will be appeared. Check the 'Send all traffic over VPN connection' and click the 'OK' button.

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On the VPN connection settings screen, click the 'Connect' button to start the VPN connection.

2. Start a VPN connection

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You can start a new VPN connection by clicking the 'Connect' button at any time. You can also initiate a VPN connection by clicking the VPN icon on the menu bar.

After the VPN connection will be established, the VPN connection setting screen will become as below as the 'Status' will be 'Connected' . Your private IP address on the VPN, and connect duration time will be displayed on the screen.

3. Enjoy VPN communication

While VPN is established, all communications will be relayed via the VPN Server. You can access to any local servers and workstation on the destination network.