Installing personalVPN-IPsec on Mac OSX 10.7 Lion
From Witopiawiki
- Open your Systems Preferences.
- Click on Network.
- Click on "+" in bottom left of window to add a configuration.
- For Interface choose VPN from pulldown menu.
- For VPN Type choose Cisco IPsec
- For Service Name you can call it whatever you wish.
- Click Create button.
- For Server Address, CLICK HERE FOR OPTIONS If you are in China, use this as the server address: ipsec.cvg.witopia.net
- For Account Name, enter your WiTopia PPTP VPN account username (Example: joe@witopia). Please make sure there is no .net or .com on the end of the username.
- For Password, enter your WiTopia PPTP VPN password.
- Click on Authentication Settings and choose Shared Secret and enter "witopia" (no quotation marks)
- Click OK
- Click Apply back at Network window
- Click Connect
Enter password again, when prompted, and you should receive welcome message. (With Macs, you will have to enter this every time you connect).
That's it! Enjoy.
TESTING THE VPN
You can go to an IP Tester, such as http://www.ip2location.com/
Known Issues
On Mac OS 10.6/10.7 (Snow Leopard/Lion), some customers do report that you may be prompted to re-enter your Cisco IPsec password after approximately 50 minutes. The VPN does seem to stay connected continuously as long as you do re-enter it. Probably not a big deal for most people, but if you find this irritating for any reason, here is the super-technical, pain-in-the- ____, way of resolving it. :-)
