Setting up PPTP & L2TP VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Individuals and businesses that use Mac devices to perform all their internet activities should know the procedure to setup VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Virtual Private Network can be used to obtain various purposes, three of the most important benefits being security, anonymity and accessibility. VPN setup procedure differs with respect to the type of device used by the subscriber and also based on the type of internet network provided by VPN servers. PPTP and L2TP are two types of protocol networks provided by many VPN service providers. Subscribers who have signed up for any of these protocol services can follow the setup instructions given below to setup VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

Setup process – PPTP VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

1. Spotlight should be activated and to do so, click on the Spotlight icon which can be found in the top-right corner of the main screen.
2. Choose ‘System Preferences’ from the drop-down menu or just type in System Preferences in the menu.
3. Select the option of ‘Network’ under the section of ‘System Preferences’.
4. Choose ‘VPN (PPTP)’ from the Network Configuration menu. The list can be found in the left side of the page.
5. VPN setup configuration menu page can be found in the following menu. In this section, the subscriber should enter details such as server address, name of the VPN and username provided by the VPN. All these particulars should be entered correctly.
6. Welcome email consisting of all these particulars will be provided to the user at the time of subscription. Once all the particulars are filled, click on the ‘Connect’ icon. This would lead the user to the next page where they should enter the password and press ‘OK’.
7. If all the details are correct, the laptop or PC would connect to the VPN server automatically. Connection status would be displayed in the same page which was used to setup VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

Setup process – L2TP VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

1. Select the option of ‘System Preferences’.
2. In the menu page, click on ‘Network’ which can be found under the section of ‘Internet & Wireless’.
3. In the next page, click on the ‘+’ sign that would be present in the bottom left. By selecting this option, users can ‘Add a new service’.
4. Select ‘VPN’ in the drop-down section.
5. In the following page, set Interface as ‘VPN’, VPN Type to be ‘L2TP over IPSec’ and enter the Service name. After entering these details, click on ‘Create’ to add a new VPN connection.
6. In the next page, enter the server address and username in the respective fields and select ‘Authentication Settings’.
7. In the Authentication settings page, enter the password of the connection and the PSK, which is pre-shared key, correctly in the respective fields and click on ‘OK’.
8. Make sure that the option of ‘Show VPN status in menu bar’ is selected. Click on the option of ‘Advanced’ after that.
9. In the resulting page, make sure that the option of ‘send all traffic over VPN connection’ is selected. Click on ‘OK’ after that.
10. The process is complete and the user can click on ‘Connect’ to connect to the VPN server.
11. Status of the connection can be found in the Networks section. For disconnecting the connection, click on ‘Disconnect’.

Subscribers can setup VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger based on the type of protocol network chosen by them. Subscribers who are facing problems in setting up VPN on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger even after following the instructions properly should contact the customer support team of the VPN and get their issues resolved.