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My company uses Shrew VPN and I am trying to install it on my MacBook Air so that I can work from home when needed.
I've been trying to install Shrew VPN on my MacBook Air, but I am not succeeding. There is unfortunately no DMG file to download on the Shrew website (Shrew Soft Inc : DOWNLOAD > VPN Client For Linux and BSD). Instead there is a GZIP and BZIP file. I've downloaded these and extracted them and then followed online instructions to install Shrew VPN using these files, but still no success.
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Has anyone recently installed Shrew VPN on their MacBook and is willing to give me step by step instructions on how to install it? I am not a tech wiz, but I am also not a complete fool. :-)
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Thanks in advance!
MACBOOK AIR (13-INCH, 2017), iOS 11.1
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You can use the Shrew Soft VPN Client software to establish a secure VPN (Virtual Private Network) connection over the internet from your Windows computer to your FRITZ!Box. This way you can access all of the devices and data in your home network with your computer when you are not at home.
The standard edition of the Shrew Soft VPN Client is available as a free download for Windows 8 / 7 (64-bit and 32-bit) as well as for Linux and BSD. The VPN Client does not officially support Windows 10. However, according to our experience, the VPN Client can also be used in Windows 10.
Example values used in this guide
In this guide we show you how to connect a computer with Shrew Soft VPN Client 2.2.2 with the FRITZ!Box. When you set up your connection, replace the values used in this example with actual ones.
MyFRITZ! domain name of the FRITZ!Box: pi80ewgfi72d2os42.myfritz.net
User name of the FRITZ!Box user: John Smith
Password for the FRITZ!Box user: secret1234
Shared secret of the FRITZ!Box user: Zj7hPCouK65IrPU4
Requirements / Restrictions
Shrew Soft VPN Client 2.2.2 is installed on the computer.
The FRITZ!Box must obtain a public IPv4 address from the internet service provider.
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.
1 Preparations
Setting up MyFRITZ!
With MyFRITZ! you can even access the FRITZ!Box over the internet at all times if the FRITZ!Box receives a different public IP address from your internet service provider at regular intervals:
Adjusting the FRITZ!Box's IP network
Both ends of a VPN connection must have IP addresses in different IP networks. VPN communication cannot occur if your computer is connected to a router (for example another FRITZ!Box) that uses the same IP network as your FRITZ!Box.
Note:All FRITZ!Boxes use the IP network 192.168.178.0 in the factory settings.
Assign an IP address to your FRITZ!Box that differs from the IP addresses of the routers you will use to connect to the FRITZ!Box, for example 192.168.10.1 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0):
Click 'Home Network' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
Click 'Network' in the 'Home Network' menu.
Click on the 'Network Settings' tab.
Click 'Additional Settings' in the section 'LAN Settings' to display all of the settings.
Click the 'IPv4 Configuration' button.
Enter the desired IP address and subnet mask.
Click 'OK' to save the settings and on the FRITZ!Box, confirm that the procedure may be executed if asked to do so.
2 Setting up a VPN connection in the FRITZ!Box
Set up a different user for each VPN connection in the FRITZ!Box:
Click 'System' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
Click 'FRITZ!Box Users' in the 'System' menu.
Click the (Edit) button for the user who intends to connect to the FRITZ!Box via VPN. If you have not set up any users yet:
Click the 'Add User' button.
Enter a name and password for the user in the corresponding fields.
Enable the option 'VPN'.
Click 'OK' to save the settings and on the FRITZ!Box, confirm that the procedure may be executed if asked to do so.
Now the FRITZ!Box sets up the VPN rights for this FRITZ!Box user. A window displaying the VPN settings for the FRITZ!Box user then opens automatically.
Note:You can open this window any time by clicking 'Show VPN Settings' in the settings for the FRITZ!Box user.
3 Setting up a VPN connection in the Shrew Soft VPN Client
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Set up the VPN connection in the Shrew Soft VPN Client using the VPN settings displayed in the FRITZ!Box user interface for the FRITZ!Box user:
Note:You can access the VPN settings if you select 'System > FRITZ!Box Users' in the user interface, call up the settings for the user, and click 'Show VPN Settings'.
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Start the Shrew Soft VPN Access Manager and click the 'Add' button.
The 'VPN Site Configuration' window opens.
On the 'General' tab, enter the MyFRITZ! domain name of the FRITZ!Box (pi80ewgfi72d2os42.myfritz.net) in the 'Host Name or IP Address' field.
Configure the following settings on the 'Authentication' tab:
Select 'Mutual PSK + XAuth' from the drop-down list 'Authentication Method'.
On the 'Local Identity' tab, select 'Key Identifier' from the drop-down list 'Identification Type' and enter the user name of the FRITZ!Box user (John Smith) in the 'Key String ID' field.
On the 'Remote Identity' tab, select 'IP Address' from the drop-down list 'Identification Type'.
On the 'Credentials' tab, enter the 'shared secret' of the FRITZ!Box user (Zj7hPCouK65IrPU4) in the field 'Pre Shared Key'. The 'shared secret' is displayed in the VPN settings of the user in the section 'iPhone, iPad or iPod touch'.
If the entire data traffic - requests from the remote FRITZ!Box network as well as all web requests - should be forwarded over the VPN connection, click 'Save' to save the settings. The configuration is now completed.
If only requests to the remote FRITZ!Box network should be forwarded over the VPN connection and the local internet connection should still be used for web requests, configure the following settings:
Click on the 'Name Resolution' tab.
Disable the option 'Enable DNS' on the 'DNS' tab.
Disable the option 'Enable WINS' on the 'WINS' tab.
Click on the 'Policy' tab.
Select 'shared' from the drop-down list 'Policy Generation Level'.
Disable the option 'Obtain Topology Automatically or Tunnel All'.
Click the 'Add' button.
The 'Topology Entry' window opens.
Select 'Include' from the drop-down list 'Type', enter the IP network of the FRITZ!Box (192.168.10.0) in the 'Address' field and the corresponding subnet mask (255.255.255.0) in the 'Netmask' field, and then click 'OK'.
Click 'Save' to save the settings.
Now the VPN connection to the FRITZ!Box has been configured.
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4 Establishing a VPN connection
Start the Shrew Soft VPN Access Manager.
Select the VPN connection in the VPN Access Manager and click 'Connect'.
In the corresponding fields, enter the user name and password for the FRITZ!Box user you set the VPN connection up for and click 'Connect'.
Now the VPN connection is established.
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Note:Active VPN connections are displayed in the FRITZ!Box user interface under 'Overview' in the section 'Connections'.