![]() If everything is fine, you will have to configure Airport Extreme and open up certain ports. In such cases, first check for problems in modem configuration, and see if there are any blocks by the ISP. Airport Extreme is also known to block attempts of accessing private networks. It is neither an end-point solution nor a VPN server. Clicking on the “ON” button will save this configuration, and your designated Mac is now ready as a VPN server.Īirport Extreme VPN has to be a roundabout method, as the base station can only act as a pass through device for VPN. Fill in your User Name, Password, and VPN Shared Secret. Next, fill in the address of your preferred DNS server. For example if the IP address of your Mac is 12.0.2.0/24 subnet, then you can have a range of 12.0.2.121 to 12.0.2.122. In the “IP Address Range”, you will have to fill in the range of subnet addresses connected with your Mac’s IP address. Activating Airport Extreme VPNĭownload “VPN Activator” and run the application. Press Continue, and in the Description field fill in L2TP, and press “Done”. Access the Port Mapping Setup Assistant page as before, and in the fields “Public UDP Port(s)” and “Private UDP Port(s)” fill in 4500, 1701, 500. When you want to connect with L2TP, you need to configure Airport Utility for forwarding Ports UDP 4500, 1701 and 500 to the Mac. Click on Continue, and in the next page fill in PPTP in the Description field, and click “Done”. In the “Private IP Address” field, fill in your Mac’s IP address. ![]() ![]() In the “Public TCP Port(s)” and “Private TCP Port(s)” fields, fill in 1723. Now click on the “+” icon, which will bring up the Port Mapping Setup Assistant. For this, open the page for Airport Utility and click on the “Advanced” button, and choose Port Mapping. It also seems not possible to configure the VPN server (at least the one within Server.app) to listen on different ports.If you are connecting with PPTP, you have to configure Airport Extreme for forwarding TCP 1723 port to your computer. I have not tried this because I don't know how to configure the VPN client to try to connect on these ports.
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