Below is short instruction what to do if you want to connect Windows SSTP VPN from MacOS. Prerequisites: Homebrew installed - see here. Run terminal and install sstp-client. Brew update brew install sstp-client In order to connect to your SSTP VPN with login and password use the following command line. Alternative: OpenVPN open source Tunnelblick program. The open source project has a client for the macOS operating system as well. It is called Tunnelblick and it is less limited in functionality than the OpenVPN Connect Client because it does support the option to connect to multiple OpenVPN servers at the same time. When using Meraki hosted authentication, VPN account/user name setting on client devices (e.g., PC or Mac) is the user email address entered in the Dashboard. Open Start Menu Network and Sharing Center and click Settings. In the Network and Sharing Center, click Set up a new connection or network.
You can allow remote access to your network through the Sophos Connect client using an SSL connection.
You can download the Sophos Connect client by clicking Download on the Sophos Connect client page. You can check if the pattern for the Sophos Connect client has been downloaded from Backup & Firmware > Pattern updates.
You need to provide the Sophos Connect client installation file to your users.
For instructions on how to set up the SSL connection, see Creating a remote access SSL VPN.
Users can easily import the connection into the Sophos Connect client by double clicking the provisioning (pro) file that you provide to them. This means that users don’t need to log into the user portal, download the ovpn file, and import it. For instructions on how to create the file and distribute it to users, see Sophos Connect provisioning file.
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Problem
We mac users always get overlooked. If I had a pound for every time I’ve heard ‘Yeah we don’t support macs?” I would be a rich man. But thankfully this makes us work things out for ourselves usually!
So recently I did a article Azure: Point To Site VPN (Remote Access User VPN) but what if you want to use the same solution for a remote mac user?
Solution
Firstly you will want to download the VPN package (and have a valid client/user certificate, [see the link above]).
Obviously the installer is for Windows, but within the ZIP file you download, it has a copy of the XML file with the settings in it, and a copy of the Root CA certificate you used.
So your first job is to ‘import‘ the client certificate, it will be in PFX format, (if you followed my instructions), so you will need to supply the password you specified when creating the PFX file (not the mac password), when prompted to install it (double click on it).
The engineer in me isn’t quite sure why the client needs the Root CA certificate on it, (because that’s not how certificates work!) But Microsoft insist it’s necessary, so also double click and install the Root CA Certificate, (it’s inside the VPN Package).
You don’t need to install VPN software onto the mac, (it has its own built in). Click the Apple Logo > System Preferences > Network > Add > Interface = VPN > VPN Type = IKEv2 > Service Name = Azure-Client-VPN > Create.
Now open the XML file from within you VPN client software ZIP file, and locate the FQDN of the ‘Gateway’ address in Azure > Copy it to the clipboard.
Paste the server address into BOTH Server Address AND Remote ID > (Leave Local ID blank for now) > Authentication Settings
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WARNING: I’m using mac OS Catalina, so I choose ‘None’ (NOT CERTIFICATE). But for mac OS Mojave (and older) CHOOSE CERTIFICATE). It’s a bug that causes an error (see below) if you don’t.
Select > Choose the CLIENT certificate you imported earlier, (Take note of the name in brackets, this is the common nameon the certificate). You will need this in a minute! > Continue > OK.
Put the Common Name from the certificate into the Local ID section > Apply > Connect.
All being well it should connect, (though it may prompt for you to enter your user password). BY DEFAULT the option ‘Show VPN Status in Menu Bar‘ should be ticked, if it isn’t then tick it.
With that option ticked, you can connect and disconnect the VPN quickly without needing to go back into System Preferences like so;
Error: VPN Connection, ‘An unexpected error occurred’
Remember above when I said choose ‘None‘ for Catalina, NOT certificate? Well this is what happens if you choose certificate!
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