Configure the Mac OS X VPN client to connect to Red Hat’s VPN
- Select System Preferences from the Apple Menu
- Click the Network icon
NB: the screenshots presented here are from Mac OS X 10.6.8. The UI for this is essentially unchanged in Mac OS X 10.7.x and OS X 10.8.x.
The left-hand column lists configured Network interfaces for the given Mac OS X box. Consequently this list will change from machine to machine.
- Click the + button at the bottom of the configured interfaces list to add a new network interface.
- From the Interface pop-up menu select VPN:
- From the VPN Type pop-up menu (which will slide into place once VPN is selected in the first pop-up menu above) select Cisco IPSec:
Enter a name in the Service Name text-entry field. Red Hat [location] VPN (so Red Hat Brisbane VPN for Brisbane-based folk, for example) is a suggested name.
Click the Create button (or press Return).
The newly-created but not-yet-configured network interface is added to the bottom of the left-hand column. Scroll down to see it if necessary.
Select the new interface.
In the Server Address field enter the server address for the VPN server closest to you from the following list:
In the Account Name field enter your Kerberos username.
Check the Show VPN status in menu bar check box. A menu extra icon as below will appear on the right-hand side of the Menu Bar.
- Click the Authentication Settings… button.
Click the Shared Secret radio button and enter nodnerip in the Shared Secret text-entry field.
Enter RH-standard in the Group Name text-entry field.
Click OK (or press Return).
Click Apply.
A new network interface dialogue sheet will slide down from the Network title bar:
Location | VPN server |
---|---|
Raleigh | vpn-rdu.redhat.com |
Phoenix | vpn-phx2.redhat.com |
Amsterdam | vpn-ams2.redhat.com |
Singapore | vpn-sin2.redhat.com |
Brisbane | vpn-bne.redhat.com |
Beijing | vpn-nay.redhat.com |
Tel Aviv | vpn-tlv.redhat.com |
Tokyo | vpn-nrt.redhat.com |
A Machine Authentication dialogue sheet will slide down from the Network title bar:
Connect to and disconnect from Red Hat’s VPN using a configured Mac OS X VPN client.
- Click the VPN menu extra icon (added to the right-hand side of the Mac OS X menu bar in step 11 above) and choose Connect [Service Name entered in step 5 above] (eg Connect Red Hat Brisbane VPN). A VPN Connection dialogue box appears:
- Enter your LinOTP PIN and Tokencode in the Password field (the Account Name field should already contain your Kerberos username).
Click OK (or press Return).
A VPN Connection alert box appears.
- To disconnect from the VPN click the VPN menu extra icon and choose Disconnect [Service Name entered in step 5 above] (eg Disconnect Red Hat Brisbane VPN).
Remember: no spaces or other characters between your PIN and Tokencode.
Click OK to dismiss it.
Note: by default the VPN menu extra expands to show how long the VPN connection has been up. To wit:
The VPN connection is broken and the VPN menu extra reduces to just an icon.