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Old 02-24-2012, 05:49 PM
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Anyone ever set up a VPN Server on OS X Lion Server?
Title says it all... Need to establish a VPN server so I can remote in securely. I would have thought the process to enable this would have been easy. Such a n00b.
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Old 02-24-2012, 05:53 PM
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Did you enable VPN passthrough on your router?
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Getting a VPN server to work when the server is behind a nat firewall is a pain in the ass. I suggest you give logmein or gotomypc a shot if all you need is remote control and simple file exhange. If you really want VPN get a router that can host it. Open source router firmware like dd-wrt can host vpn and you can find a decent dd-wrt capable router for about $100.
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It works inside the firewall... I am trying to track this down. Might be a NAT issue, like doopstr said. Ghey.
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Originally Posted by doopstr
Getting a VPN server to work when the server is behind a nat firewall is a pain in the ass. I suggest you give logmein or gotomypc a shot if all you need is remote control and simple file exhange. If you really want VPN get a router that can host it. Open source router firmware like dd-wrt can host vpn and you can find a decent dd-wrt capable router for about $100.
I use the PPTP VPN option in ddwrt. It's extremely easy to setup
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Originally Posted by Scrib
It works inside the firewall... I am trying to track this down. Might be a NAT issue, like doopstr said. Ghey.
Probably is.

Whats your setup?
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Just use LMI free. Its easier and better.
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
Probably is.

Whats your setup?
Airport extreme, with my mac mini running Lion Server acting as the vpn server.

I have port 500 and 1701 forwarded via UDP and 1723 via TCP. I need VPN because my home automation system.
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Originally Posted by Scrib
Airport extreme, with my mac mini running Lion Server acting as the vpn server.

I have port 500 and 1701 forwarded via UDP and 1723 via TCP. I need VPN because my home automation system.
Open up port 4500 (UDP) as well.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1629?v...S&locale=en_US

For PPTP you can open up 1723 (TCP)
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Got an idea:

Open up Server

(Left hand side) Hardware

Click on your server

Network

Edit Host Name
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Originally Posted by Ken1997TL
Got an idea:

Open up Server

(Left hand side) Hardware

Click on your server

Network

Edit Host Name
Holy fucking win!
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indeed. This is fucking awesome.
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So you changed the name of your server to match the external host name of your network?
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im confused what happened here?

i was thinking of picking up a mac mini as a server, & i too have an airport extreme...
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Originally Posted by #1 STUNNA
So you changed the name of your server to match the external host name of your network?
Simply followed Ken's instructions. The host name was previously set up as squall.local, and I simply said I was running a VPN, so it changed itself to squall.private.

And the rest is history.
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