It's unfortunate, but the reason PPTP has been removed is because it's totally insecure. https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/pptp-has-become-obsolete/Sorry, but changing protocol is not gonna happen anytime soon, so I really need some advice.
I reached out to Shimo, and they will add support for Catalina, but no estimate in time.
It's unfortunate, but the reason PPTP has been removed is because it's totally insecure. https://www.ovpn.com/en/blog/pptp-has-become-obsolete/
So we installed the new FW today, and VPN via L2TP/IPsec (with preshared key) works perfekt with all Windows clients and Shimo, but native in MacOS I cannot get it to work.
Are there any guides on what I'm doing wrong?
EDIT: Fixed. Working fine now.![]()
Good for you that you solved it. I actually don't use Shimo at all anymore as we changed to L2TP VPN at work, so I use the built-in VPN of MacOS instead (works flawless in Catalina).Hi Muyfa
I'm pretty envious that you were able to fix Shimo on Catalina... Any chance you could post me (and others) a short primer here?
Thanks!
EDIT: Fixed itTo others - it was a racoon deamon that suddenly was gone. Reinstalling Shimo helper tools did the trick. This can be done via Preferences -> Advanced.
My VPN server which worked in 10.14.6 also stopped working with the Catalina upgrade.Hi All,
Can you help please?
I originally had macOS High Sierra with macOS server app which had the built in VPN L2TP protocol and worked fine. I then upgraded to macOS Mojave but the VPN service and others were stripped out and was unable to get the VPN service to work. However, I got the VPN L2TP protocol working by following this guide https://developer.apple.com/support/downloads/macOS-Server-Service-Migration-Guide.pdf
I have now upgraded to macOS Catalina and my VPN L2TP is no longer working.
Is it something to do with racoon / vpnd service that needs to be replaced on the Mac?
Appreciate any help on this please. As a backup I’m running Ubuntu on VMware fusion which accepts VPN connections and clients can successfully connect to it.
Many thanks
Hi Muyfa
I'm pretty envious that you were able to fix Shimo on Catalina... Any chance you could post me (and others) a short primer here?
Thanks!
EDIT: Fixed itTo others - it was a racoon deamon that suddenly was gone. Reinstalling Shimo helper tools did the trick. This can be done via Preferences -> Advanced.
What version of Shimo are you using? I am on Shimo 5 and get a dialog box stating that it's not supported (and then the VPN profile gets disabled)