{"id":177,"date":"2015-11-24T14:46:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/?p=177"},"modified":"2020-08-24T14:22:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T19:22:20","slug":"how-to-configure-ppp-vpn-client-on-macos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/how-to-configure-ppp-vpn-client-on-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"How to configure PPP VPN client on Mac OS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s work on configuring your Mac OS device to connect to a VPN server, so that you can browse that content anonymously.<\/p>\n<p>1. Go to system preferences and click on Network<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp1-300x251.png\" alt=\"macppp1\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp1.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Click no the + button under the network connections pane<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp2-300x261.png\" alt=\"macppp2\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp2-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp2.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. From the drop down menu select VPN then under VPN type select PPTP, then click on create<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp3-300x262.png\" alt=\"macppp3\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp3-300x262.png 300w, https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp3.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Under server address, enter the O-N VPN server you wish to connect to (based on the location you wish to have, check the VPN info email for the list of avaialble servers), then enter your account Username (this will typically be the email you registered with) in the Account Name field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp4-300x260.png\" alt=\"macppp4\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp4-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp4.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Click on the Authentication Settings and enter your Password (this was included in the VPN info email) and then click on OK<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp5-300x260.png\" alt=\"macppp5\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp5-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/etapien.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/macppp5.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now click on the Advanced button.<br \/>\nTick &#8220;Send all traffic over VPN connection&#8221;, then press OK.<br \/>\nClick Apply.<br \/>\nLeave the Show VPN status in menu bar box ticked and press Connect.<\/p>\n<p>You should now be able to Connect\/Disconnect to the server from the menu bar.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that you can run your own VPN server with a small VPS from <a href=\"https:\/\/owned-networks.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">owned-networks.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re all set!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s work on configuring your Mac OS device to connect to a VPN server, so that you can browse that content anonymously. 1. Go to system preferences and click on Network 2. Click no the + button under the network connections pane 3. 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