Requirements There are a number of requirements necessary in order to use the VPN service on Apple Macintoshes these are detailed below. If you have problems with the inbuilt client you may be advised to use the Cisco An圜onnect Client. You can also use this menu to disconnect your session once you no longer need it. Simply choose the option from this menu to make a VPN connection. Look for the VPN icon in the top menu bar and click the icon to bring up the drop down menu. Do remember to disconnect from the VPN service once you no longer need it by clicking the Disconnect button within the Network window.Īlternatively, if you chose to include the status of the VPN connection in your menu bar by ticking the box labelled Show VPN status in menu bar during the configuration process you can connect and disconnect using the VPN icon in the top menu bar. This can be found underneath the Authentication Settings Once the connection has been established the Network window will show that the status of the VPN interface has changed to Connected and it will display the connect time and the IP address. Note that the status of the interface will show as Not connected. The new interface should now appear in the left hand pane indicated by a locked padlock icon. Finally, click the Apply button to complete the configuration for this new VPN interface. If you do want to do this you must tick the check box labelled Show VPN status in menu bar.

If you are likely to use the VPN client regularly you may want to include the status of the VPN connection in your menu bar. Next click the Authentication Settings Click the OK button to return to the Network window. To configure the interface make the following changes. This will return you to the Network window with the newly added interface ready to configure. Finally, click the Create to add the new interface. Within the dialogue window make the follow changes. From the window click the Network icon to bring up the Network window. Make a note of the IPSec secret as you will need this information later on it will be referred to as the shared secret and then close the window using the close window link. On the next page that appears select VPN shared credentials.Ī window containing the information should now pop up on your desktop. Once on this page select VPN client from the list. As part of the process of configuring the inbuilt VPN client you will need to supply some group configuration information. There are a number of requirements necessary in order to use the VPN service on Apple Macintoshes these are detailed below. Please make sure that you have read the introduction and general requirementswhich apply to all VPN clients, before attempting to configure your computer or mobile device to connect to the VPN. Please note that IT Services support the current and two previous versions of macOS only for details of supported versions please refer to the Apple Mac Support page.

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