Now that WireGuard has released a GUI app for the Mac, has anyone tried using it to set up a VPN? I was happily using my 2012 Mac Mini for a home server and VPN while travelling, but Apple has removed that capability with Server. Looking for any tips and tricks for using WireGuard for the VPN portion of that. I use FreeDNS to maintain a static IP address.
Thanks-Ricka
Mac mini, macOS 10.14
A couple of things:
I've had good success with firewalls with embedded VPN servers. The iOS or macOS L2TP/IPSec client into an L2TP/IPSec VPN server in the firewall, and off you go. Works like you're connected to the target network. The firewall-embedded VPN server also avoids dealing with NAT VPN pass-through, too. And the firewall VPN server usually works when the internal target box with a host-based VPN server is offline for whatever reason.
The ZyXEL ZYWALL USG series works, though the UI definitely assumes knowledge of networking and VPN terms and concepts.
There are other firewalls with embedded VPN servers.
And as Tesserax stated, WireGuard states they're not quite ready yet.
I've emailed them, so I'll see if they respond with something helpful. Yes, I realize that they say it's a work in progress, but they were also able to get the apps approved by Apple for both the iOs and the Mac. As usual, this is what I get for being an early adopter.
Thanks for the info. I hadn't realized that you can get a firewall with embedded VPN. Not a network administrator, just a (very) long time Mac user.
VPN Server using WireGuard?
