Æwesome Master

Q: What is the Shared Secret Key when connecting to a VPN and where can I find/make it.

I am hosting a VPN server on my windows computer. However when I try to connect to it, I cannot figure out what the "Shared Secret Key" that it wants is and where I can find it. I have tried searching for this in countless places. Please tell me where I can find it and where I can create it. Thanks!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), 15.4" i7 2.5ghz 16GB Ram 500 GB SSD

Posted on Jan 8, 2016 6:11 PM

Close

Q: What is the Shared Secret Key when connecting to a VPN and where can I find/make it.

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

  • by Camelot,Helpful

    Camelot Camelot Jan 8, 2016 10:19 PM in response to Æwesome Master
    Level 8 (47,285 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 8, 2016 10:19 PM in response to Æwesome Master

    The shared secret is a kind of password. It's defined by the VPN server, so that would be the place to start looking. Personally I have no experience in running Windows Server's VPN service so I can't be more specific, but hopefully that points you in the right direction.

  • by Æwesome Master,

    Æwesome Master Æwesome Master Jan 8, 2016 10:19 PM in response to Camelot
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jan 8, 2016 10:19 PM in response to Camelot

    Thanks. I just can't find it I am using windows 8.1 pro (gonna update to windows 10 pro soon) to host the VPN server and it's killing me.

     

    Screen Shot 2016-01-08 at 10.18.05 PM.pngScreen Shot 2016-01-08 at 10.18.10 PM.pngScreen Shot 2016-01-08 at 10.18.17 PM.png

     

    That's all get get to see there...

  • by Alberto Ravasio,

    Alberto Ravasio Alberto Ravasio Jan 9, 2016 2:36 AM in response to Æwesome Master
    Level 5 (4,070 points)
    Jan 9, 2016 2:36 AM in response to Æwesome Master

    Who installed the VPN service?

    There is no default (Microsoft) VPN server on client Windows.

  • by Camelot,

    Camelot Camelot Jan 9, 2016 6:21 PM in response to Æwesome Master
    Level 8 (47,285 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jan 9, 2016 6:21 PM in response to Æwesome Master

    I think you're misinterpreting that dialog.

     

    The option to 'allow others to make private connections to my computer' is not the same as operating a VPN server. It's the equivalent to running an SSH server on Mac OS X... something that allows a user to log in to this computer from a different host, but not that acts as a complete VPN connection to the whole network.

     

    As Alberto notes, there is no built-in VPN server on the client version of Windows.

  • by Æwesome Master,

    Æwesome Master Æwesome Master Jan 16, 2016 7:39 PM in response to Camelot
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jan 16, 2016 7:39 PM in response to Camelot

    Oh... I followed several tutorials and all of them say: VPN server setup

    Well, thanks for clearing that up