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
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.
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.
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.
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.
That's all get get to see there... 😟
Who installed the VPN service?
There is no default (Microsoft) VPN server on client Windows.
Oh... I followed several tutorials and all of them say: VPN server setup
Well, thanks for clearing that up 🙂
What is the Shared Secret Key when connecting to a VPN and where can I find/make it.
