How to setup the VPN
Primary - Meraki VPN#
Windows 10#
MacOS#
Secondary - NGD VPN#
Windows 10#
- Click Start, Settings
- Search for and enter Network and Sharing Center
- Choose Set up a new connection or network
- Choose Connect to a workplace
- Next
- Choose Use my Internet connection (VPN)
- Internet address: vpn.comtec-europe.co.uk
- Destination name: Old Inspiretec (VPN1-SSTP)
- Tick Remember my credentials
- Click Create
- Click Change adapter settings
- Right Click Old Inspiretec (VPN1-SSTP), Right-Click, Properties.
- Under tab Security, set Type of VPN to Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
- Under tab Networking, unselect Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6).
- Under tab Networking, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), Choose Properties, Advanced, unselect Use default gateway on remote network
- Click OK, OK, OK.
- The VPN dialler is now setup, you should be able to connect using username INSPIRETEC\your.user and your INSPIRETEC domain password.
- Scary-Spud was here.
MacOS#
- Open System Preferences, click Network
- Add a new VPN connection, of type L2TP over IPSec
- Give it a friendly name, such as Inspiretec VPN
- Set the server address to be vpn.comtec-europe.co.uk
- Set the account name to be your INSPIRETEC domain logon
- Click on Authentication Settings
- Enter your INSPIRETEC password in the User Authentication>Password box
- The password to be used as the shared secret under Machine Authentication>Shared Secret can be found in Passwordstate
- Click OK
- Click Apply
You now need to perform the following steps to set up the routes required to get access to the various Inspiretec networks:
Enter OSX Terminal prompt, Create a file, make it executable:
- sudo touch /etc/ppp/ip-up
- sudo chmod a+x /etc/ppp/ip-up
Paste the below into the newly created file: