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How to setup the VPN

Primary - Meraki VPN#

Windows 10#

MacOS#

Secondary - NGD VPN#

Windows 10#

  1. Click Start, Settings
  2. Search for and enter Network and Sharing Center
  3. Choose Set up a new connection or network
  4. Choose Connect to a workplace
  5. Next
  6. Choose Use my Internet connection (VPN)
  7. Internet address: vpn.comtec-europe.co.uk
  8. Destination name: Old Inspiretec (VPN1-SSTP)
  9. Tick Remember my credentials
  10. Click Create
  11. Click Change adapter settings
  12. Right Click Old Inspiretec (VPN1-SSTP), Right-Click, Properties.
  13. Under tab Security, set Type of VPN to Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
  14. Under tab Networking, unselect Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6).
  15. Under tab Networking, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), Choose Properties, Advanced, unselect Use default gateway on remote network
  16. Click OK, OK, OK.
  17. The VPN dialler is now setup, you should be able to connect using username INSPIRETEC\your.user and your INSPIRETEC domain password.
  18. 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:

#!/bin/sh
# When the ppp link comes up, this script is called with the following
# parameters
# $1 the interface name used by pppd (e.g. ppp3)
# $2 the tty device name
# $3 the tty device speed
# $4 the local IP address for the interface
# $5 the remote IP address
# $6 the parameter specified by the 'ipparam' option to pppd
DEBUGFILE=/tmp/ip-up-debug.txt
echo "1:$1 2:$2 3:$3 4:$4 5:$5 6:$6" > $DEBUGFILE
NET=`echo $5 | cut -d. -f1,2,3`
echo $NET >> $DEBUGFILE
case $NET in 10.10.6)
echo "CASE1" >> $DEBUGFILE
RESULT=
`/sbin/route add -net 192.168.150.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Vision Court Inspiretec desktops
`/sbin/route add -net 192.168.151.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Abacus House Inspiretec desktops
`/sbin/route add -net 192.168.200.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Vision Court Inspiretec desktops
`/sbin/route add -net 172.29.112.4 $5 255.255.255.255` # NGD Management server
`/sbin/route add -net 10.10.0.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Inspiretec internal servers
`/sbin/route add -net 10.10.7.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Inspiretec internal servers
`/sbin/route add -net 10.10.8.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Inspiretec internal servers
`/sbin/route add -net 10.10.119.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Inspiretec internal servers
`/sbin/route add -net 10.10.120.0 $5 255.255.255.0` # Inspiretec internal servers
echo $RESULT >> $DEBUGFILE
;;
*)
echo "No match" >> $DEBUGFILE
;;
esac