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88 Chapter 6 Managing Users’ Computers
Using a VPN Configuration File
If you got a VPN configuration file from the person who manages your server, and you
have Mac OS X version 10.3 or later, you can use the file to set up your computer for
making VPN connections to the server. The configuration file contains all the
information necessary to make a VPN connection to the server, except the name and
password of your user account on the server.
To import a VPN configuration from a file:
1 Open the file and select VPN (L2TP) if asked where to put the imported
configuration.
2 Enter your user account name in the Account Name field.
3 If the server administrator tells you to enter your user account password, enter it in
the Password field.
If you have Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, click Authentication Settings to see the
Password field.
For security, the administrator may tell you not to enter your password now.
4 Quit the application, and save or apply your changes when prompted.
If you want to make a VPN connection from a network with a firewall, configure it to
allow traffic on UDP ports 500 and 4500, and on IP protocol 50.
If you didn’t enter your password before saving the VPN configuration, you’ll be asked
to enter it each time you make a VPN connection to the server.