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By Abhishek Ghosh December 28, 2012 2:14 pm Updated on December 28, 2012

Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows

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Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows within few minutes with this pointing guide. For non tech users setup of VPN can be made easier in various ways. VPN stands for Virtual Private Server, about which the theoretical part has been discussed before in the article on details of Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Mobile Virtual Private Network. This is a pointing guide because it point towards standard in detailed guides.

 

Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows : Introduction

 

VPN users might require to setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows for the communication networks inside a restricted network, when they want to have the access to the network of the University for example, but can not work directly in the network of the university (i.e. not over their LAN connections).  You have access to a network that is not part of the network of the University even if this network has an Internet access. If you want to use certain ports in the computer network of the University, which are intended only for authenticated access you will need the setup. This is a practical need for many.

To use VPN connections of an University or an institution you will need an user ID (like for me.ac.in, me.edu.in, example-vpn, example-password) and the installation of a client program required. The VPN server cluster in across universities supports different protocols, grossly usually with two protocols.

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In other word to setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows, the easiest way is to use a client software, otherwise you will have to follow quite difficult networking setup from Operating System’s default software.

 

Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows

 

In general for the Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows there are a number of necessary steps in order to use the VPN service; these are :

  • Your computer must be running the Operating System latest version with all updates. There might be conflict if it is not latest.
  • You computer must already have an Internet connection.
  • You must have a Remote Access Services account. This step varies among Mac, Linux and Windows.

 

OpenVPN or Viscosity and Cisco VPN / Cisco AnyConnect VPN client are usually used Client Softwares as they are easy to setup. You can get some example software from here :

 

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http://openvpn.net/ 
 
http://www.sparklabs.com/viscosity/

Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows

University of Oxford probably has the most extensive guide for setup :

 

 

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http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/

 

For example, if you want to setup in the next step, there is full guide (Windows and Cisco combination) :

 

 

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http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/windows/index-v3.xml

 

All possible combinations are listed there, you will just need to change the user ID (like for me.ac.in, me.edu.in, example-vpn, example-password) with yours.

 

Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows for Personal Usage

 

But what to do if you want to Setup VPN on Mac, Linux and Windows for own usage ? Mac has in-built :

 

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http://wiki.mcs.anl.gov/IT/index.php/Mac_OS_X_Built-In_Cisco_VPN_Client

 

For Windows you can use Gridge :

 

 

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http://www.gbridge.com/

 

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Comments

  1. AvatarpalPalani says

    December 28, 2012 at 2:48 pm

    Hi Abhishek,

    Your tutorials are nice.

    If you provide such tutorials for http://centminmod.com/, that will be very help ful for me.

    thanks

  2. AbhishekAbhishek says

    December 28, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    Hello palPalani,

    Thank you very much !
    There is already one Centmin Mod basic guide plus video tut – http://thecustomizewindows.com/2012/12/install-nginx-on-rackspace-cloud-server-with-centmin-mod-nginx-auto-installer/

    Please watch it and give us feedback if more clarification is needed. Definitely I will try to clear any doubt for any step.

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