Download StrongVPN Mac client from their website configuration page. Select "Setup" in the main menu of the site and then click the button "StrongVPN for Macintosh." This will bring up a dialog that allows you to record the Mac client installation file on your computer. The client is compatible with Yosemite and El Capitan. This page also includes a link to a legacy client to Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion and Mavericks users. The Client Configuration page also has manual configuration guide to configure different versions Mac OS X to use their service with L2T and PPTP.
Once the client is downloaded to your computer, click the StrongVPN application icon to open it. If you receive a warning, click "Open" to show that you trust this application. Depending on where you downloaded the application, you may be asked to move it to the Applications folder. If prompted, click the "Move too Applications folder" button.
You will now be presented with a login and verification page. Enter your email address and password you used when you created your account. These should also be found in your StrongVPN welcome email. Once you have correctly entered these, and click the "Login" button. At this point, depending on your computer settings, you may have to enter your Mac information to allow the application to install its support tools. If this is the case, then enter your credentials and click "Install helper". You will see the StrongVPN client window like the one shown in the pictures below.
below shows the client in its disconnected state The first screenshot. The screen consists of the following :.
- blue button "Connect" - Click this to connect to your chosen VPN location
- Location selection icon - clicking this will bring up the window switching server. (Pin on the globe icon)
- Location - The location selected to connect to (Atlanta, USA)
- status connection - Disconnected
- IP - Your IP address (Redacted)
- elapsed time - the time since the session started (No Connection)
- account # - heritage
- VPN server and protocol - the name of the selected VPN server (redacted) and protocol used to connect to it (OpenVPN UDP)
- Diagnostics - connection log file
above shows the client when it connects the second screenshot. Notice the blue "Connect" button has been replaced with a red "Cancel" button, the location selection icon is gone, and the status and the time now both say "Login". The last screen above shows the customer once it is connected to the network StrongVPN. The red "Cancel" button has been replaced with a red "Disconnect", the state now says, "Connected", the current IP address was changed to the one assigned by the VPN server, and session time is now shown. Also, the icon in the start menu turns green.
Pressing the button "Disconnect" will return you to the first screen where you can select a different server to spend. By clicking on the server icon switch (pin on the globe next to the "Connect" button) in the first image below to display a screen like that shown in the second image. This is the StrongVPN Switcher server screen.
This is where you can switch from your current server and new. It can be ordered alphabetically by country or city and numerically by ping time (ms) or download speed (KB / s). In general, if you choose a low ping server with good download speed, you will have the performance you want. But you want to change from the Atlanta server to another. Looking at the list and comparing ping and download speeds, the Miami server seems to be your best choice. Highlight Miami server line and click the button "Switch". This will change your current server to a Miami and you return to the main StrongVPN client screen where you can complete the connection.
By clicking on the "VPN Server and protocol" in the first image above to open the screen preferences with the Advanced tab selected. This tab has the sever protocols you can select from for your VPN connections. Server protocols that you can choose are:
- PPTP - This protocol can be slightly faster than other protocols, but not so sure. If speed is your main goal, then it would be a good choice for you. Streaming media is a good example of use for this protocol
- L2TP -. This is a more secure than PPTP. It might be a little slower than other protocols due to the double encapsulation he uses
- SSTP -. This is a Microsoft-designed protocol that was originally only for Windows but it has now been ported to other operating systems. It offers excellent security and is useful for extending firewalls used by some countries like China and Iran to censor their Internet traffic
- I Psec -. This provides a good balance between speed and safety and can be faster than VPN
- OpenVPN -. This is the default protocol for StrongVPN customer and provides the best security. It is also good to bypass firewall rules.
- TCP - This is the transfer control protocol and is good for high latency connections and those that can not tolerate packet loss. It provides the packet order error control and loss and retransmits packets to correct. This is usually slower due to the extra burden involved in this process. It would not be ideal for streaming
- UDP -. This is the User Datagram Protocol that is used with low-latency connections. This is the default protocol for OpenVPN client and better for most users. Did not check the order of packets or loss. OpenVPN (UDP) protocol is the default client.
There are three other tabs that include general preferences, accounts, and OpenVPN. The Accounts tab is for StrongVPN inherited accounts. The first tab, the General tab is shown in the image above the top right contains a little adjustment that control the general behavior of the customer. The parameters are :.
- Show Notifications - This will show the connection, disconnection, and other messages in the boot menu next to the icon
- Log Console - This diagnostics log to the console so they can be used to troubleshoot connection problems
- Automatic update - .. This will ensure that you will always have the customer the most current version of Mac OS X StrongVPN
the last thing on the General tab is a button for verification for immediate update instead of waiting until you restart the client.
the last tab in the Preferences menu is the OpenVPN tab. This tab contains the ports using the OpenVPN client. The default ports used by OpenVPN is the Mac client are:
- port 443 - This is the default port for HTTPS, a secure Internet as such is almost never blocked as will disrupt trade
- 500 Port - .. this is the port used by Internet key exchange (IKE) which occurs during the implementation up secure VPN tunnels
- port 550 - This is the designated port to be used by the new rwho Unix demon
- Port 1289 -. This is the JWalkServer port.
- Port 2207 - This is the port used by the status and HP Services
- Port 3155 -. This is the JPEG / MPEG and the port used by some games.
You can add more ports to this list if necessary. You can also delete the ports if you need it available for other uses.
As you can see the client StrongVPN Mac OS X is simple to install. It makes it easy for Mac users to quickly connect and disconnect from the network StrongVPN. All that is needed to connect to a VPN server is to select the location and click the "Connect" button. The default values of the OpenVPN client (UDP), which is the best protocol for speed and security for most users. This means little technical knowledge is required to use their service.
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