Enabling VPN service on a Nighthawk router using a MAC OS

Apr 22, 2020 How to Set Up a VPN | Digital Trends May 07, 2020 Enabling VPN service on a Nighthawk router using a MAC OS

The instructions below are tested on Mac OS 10.7.3 (Lion). Open System Preferences > Network from Mac applications menu. Click the "+" button to create a new service, then select VPN as the interface type, and choose L2TP over IPsec from the pull-down menu.. Server Address: E nter the hostname (e.g. .com) or the active WAN IP (e.g. XXX.XXX.XXX). Hostname is encouraged instead of active WAN IP

May 07, 2020

If you still want to set up L2TP VPN manually, go step-by-step through following instructions: L2TP VPN Setup instructions. Click on the “apple” on the upper left side of your screen and select “System Preferences” (1). In “System Preferences” click on the “Network” icon (2).

Give your VPN a name. Select ‘Remote User VPN’ as purpose; Select L2TP as the VPN Type (iOS supports this natively, so it will be easy to set up) In ‘Pre-Shared Key’, paste the password you chose as the Secret for the RADIUS server above (aka PASSWORD 1) In Gateway/Subnet, specify the IP address range that will be provided to VPN clients.