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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
      last edited by DustinB3403

      You should recommend that he show the VPN connection in the menu bar on mac, this way when he hit's the wireless all he has to do is click on the VPN icon and select his VPN.

      From there if it isn't storing the credentials, enter the credentials and he'd be up and running.

      https://support.apple.com/kb/ph14079?locale=en_US

      Ensure "Show VPN status in Menu Bar" is checked.

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      • Mike DavisM
        Mike Davis
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        @DustinB3403 thanks for that. I'll be checking it out later today. Do you know if it's normal for the VPN connection to start automatically when wifi is on, or do you have to connect each time?

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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @Mike Davis
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          @mike-davis said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

          @DustinB3403 thanks for that. I'll be checking it out later today. Do you know if it's normal for the VPN connection to start automatically when wifi is on, or do you have to connect each time?

          You have to connect each time.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            There may be some setting, somewhere to automatically connect, but I would never use it or recommend it. (if it exists)

            Doesn't make sense to automatically connect to a VPN every time you're at a specific location, just because the device is on-site.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch
              last edited by

              There is no such thing as a Ubiquiti VPN.

              What VPN method are you using?

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              • KyleK
                Kyle
                last edited by

                @jaredbusch According to Ubiquity they support VPN's on their edge router.

                https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/204950294-EdgeRouter-L2TP-IPsec-VPN-Server

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @Kyle
                  last edited by

                  @kyle said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                  @jaredbusch According to Ubiquity they support VPN's on their edge router.

                  https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/204950294-EdgeRouter-L2TP-IPsec-VPN-Server

                  But they don't have their own VPN protocol. . . which is @JaredBusch's point.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @Kyle
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                    @kyle said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                    @jaredbusch According to Ubiquity they support VPN's on their edge router.

                    Can you tell me the protocols and security design of this "Ubiquiti VPN" ? How does it compare to IPSEC or OpenVPN?

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                    • KyleK
                      Kyle @Mike Davis
                      last edited by

                      @mike-davis Under Network in the System Prefrences you can create a VPN with the appropriate settings.

                      Set the configuration settings

                      Also tick the option to Show VPN status in Menu Bar

                      Under the options on the VPN connection you can choose the Verbose logging to identify any issues.

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                      • KyleK
                        Kyle @Mike Davis
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                        • KyleK
                          Kyle @JaredBusch
                          last edited by

                          @jaredbusch it's L2TP over IPsec

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @Kyle
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                            @kyle said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                            @jaredbusch it's L2TP over IPsec

                            I know this. I use it. As well as OpenVPN and IPSEC site to site.

                            The point is @Mike-Davis did not give anywhere near the correct information to actually get any kind of realistic assistance.

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                            • Mike DavisM
                              Mike Davis
                              last edited by

                              @JaredBusch You're right. I set it up with L2TP over IPsec. With SonicWalls, they have their Global VPN connector and others have "Net Extender" and Cisco had their own VPN software. (forgot what it is since I haven't used it in so long.)

                              So I'm using the built in Mac VPN connector configured to use L2TP over IPsec. The client is never in the office with his laptop, but wants to connect back to his desktop. It would be nice if it connected every time he turned his laptop on. That way he could just launch the RDP connection and log in.

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403 @Mike Davis
                                last edited by

                                @mike-davis said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                It would be nice if it connected every time he turned his laptop on. That way he could just launch the RDP connection and log in.

                                It's 2 clicks with the mouse!

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                                • Mike DavisM
                                  Mike Davis @DustinB3403
                                  last edited by Mike Davis

                                  @dustinb3403 said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                  @mike-davis said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                  It would be nice if it connected every time he turned his laptop on. That way he could just launch the RDP connection and log in.

                                  It's 2 clicks with the mouse!

                                  I know, but before I took over the network, it was no clicks because he was using a Server 2003 as the firewall and his desktop was mapped right through. So now that I made things so cumbersome by putting in a real firewall, I need to make it easy for the owner...

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403 @Mike Davis
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                                    @mike-davis said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                    @dustinb3403 said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                    @mike-davis said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                    It would be nice if it connected every time he turned his laptop on. That way he could just launch the RDP connection and log in.

                                    It's 2 clicks with the mouse!

                                    I know, but before I took over the network, it was no clicks because he was using a Server 2003 as the firewall and his desktop was mapped right through. So now that I made things so cumbersome by putting in a real firewall, I need to make it easy for the owner...

                                    It's 2 clicks with the mouse!

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                                    • Mike DavisM
                                      Mike Davis @DustinB3403
                                      last edited by

                                      @dustinb3403 said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                      It's 2 clicks with the mouse!

                                      He owns the company. I'm getting paid to see if I can save him two clicks.. 🙂

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @Mike Davis
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                                        @mike-davis said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                        @dustinb3403 said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                        It's 2 clicks with the mouse!

                                        He owns the company. I'm getting paid to see if I can save him two clicks.. 🙂

                                        So you're billing him by the minute to do research. .

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                                        • Mike DavisM
                                          Mike Davis @DustinB3403
                                          last edited by

                                          @dustinb3403 said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                          So you're billing him by the minute to do research. .

                                          That's pretty much how consulting works... Don't you wish every request from your users had a price tag on it?

                                          OTOH there are days like Monday where I spent all day with a managed contract client waiting for Verizon to get the internet up.

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @Mike Davis
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                                            @mike-davis said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                            @dustinb3403 said in Mac Book Air and Ubiquiti VPN:

                                            So you're billing him by the minute to do research. .

                                            That's pretty much how consulting works... Don't you wish every request from your users had a price tag on it?

                                            OTOH there are days like Monday where I spent all day with a managed contract client waiting for Verizon to get the internet up.

                                            Just seems scummy. . . no offense, I get it. Time is money, and he's asking you to do this specific research so fair game. I just think I wouldn't heavily research it as I personally have better things to do with my life. .

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