Q: Windows 10 client can't connect to VPN
Server Version 5.1.5 running on Mac OS X 10.11.5. I've turned on VPN and can successfully connect from Mac clients.
Trying to connect from a client running Windows 10, and am getting an error ("connection between your computer and the VPN server could not be established"). Since "mobileconfig" files are not recognized by Windows, I used the following manual settings:
VPN provider: "Windows (built-in)"
Connection name: [a descriptive name]
Server name or address: [my server -- verified that I can connect to web pages using this host name]
VPN type: "L2TP/IPsec with pre-shared key"
Pre-shared key: [the "Shared Secret" as displayed by the VPN panel of the Server app]
Type of sign-in info: "User name and password"
User name, Password: [login credentials, as set up in Server]
I tried following the instructions here:
OS X Server: How to connect to VPN service from Windows - Apple Support
But those instructions don't mention Windows 10 (or 9, or 8), so I'm not confident it will help; and I can't complete the "Change the Local Security Policy" instructions, because secpol.msc doesn't seem to exist -- possibly because this is the Home Edition.
Is this a common problem, or something unique to my setup? Any recommendations? (It shouldn't be this hard, right?)
Posted on Jun 29, 2016 9:29 AM