This is the output we get:Īfter answering the questions the following windows will appear if we don’t have the command line tools installed already:
Now let’s list the content of the folder with: So let’s switch to sudo in order to see everything what we have in this folder: install.sh script which is in this folder, but invisible, because its name starts with dot. Let’s open the Terminal and go to this folder: After unpacking the server install we get the following folder that we placed on the desktop: That means we can manage our server remotely from other OSes too. We also need to download the VPN Server Manager that is a separate application. SoftEther server can be run on Mac OS X 10.4 and up – you can use use any old mac as a dedicated VPN server, even an a G5 !įor the purpose of the article we are installing it on macOS 10.4.6 Mojaveįirst, let’s go to and download the installer matching our system. So if your boss wants to connect to your corporate network and she/he is in a hotel room where firewall blocks majority of TCP traffic, then you’ll be called quite quickly why the VPN server is not working when it actually does…Ī nice thing about SoftEther server is that it runs over UDP protocol that is less probably blocked by firewalls. and only the essential TCP port 80 for https is open and 443 for https. Unfortunately TCP ports are blocked in public places, hotels etc. Other important factor is that most VPN servers operate trough the TCP protocol. One of the most popular VPN server is without a doubt the open source OpenVPN server, which we can install via homebrew but that has no GUI. In this guide we will install SoftEther VPN server that is available for Linux, macOS and Windows.
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