System information

Chapter 6 Managing Users’ Computers 89
Setting Up a User’s VPN Connection Manually
Users may be unable to import VPN settings from a configuration file because they
don’t have the file or they have Windows computers, which can’t use the file. These
users can manually set up their computers for a VPN connection to your server. They
need to create a new VPN configuration and enter the following VPN connection
settings:
 VPN server or host: your server’s DNS name or public IP address
 VPN type: L2TP over IPSec
 Shared secret (key) for IPSec: shown in the VPN pane of Server Preferences when you
click Edit and select “Show shared secret”
 Account name: the short name of the user’s account on your server
 User password: the password of the user’s account on your server
Users who want to make a VPN connection from a computer or network with a firewall
need to configure the firewall to allow traffic on UDP ports 500 and 4500, and on IP
protocol 50.