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q: vpn sonicwall 190 with mac os 10.6.1? has anyone been able to vpn to a sonicwall 190, using a free or cheap vpn client?
i've tried 
vpn tracker 6 and it works but don't want to spend $129+ 

a: ipsecuritas is supposed to work. when i used to work at a company that was a sonicwall reseller i never could get it to work. theoretically the sonicwall is doing straight ipsec vpn setups, but i was either missing a step or otherwise messing it up.

a: sonicwall and osx do not get along. primarily the fault is with osx changing code and breaking things. 
make sure your sonicwall firmware is up-to-date and try the vpn clients again. if it does not work, the netextender may be the best option for you.

a: a old question, but in the sonicwall you can create a l2tp's configuration to be able to use any vpn client that use that standard. you are not forced to use the default's sonicwall vpn client at all. 
configuring l2tp server on sonicos enhanced

the suggested configuration was confirmed to work with microsoft
  windows xp service pack 2 (sp2), vista ultimate, and vista home 
1) click on manage , navigate to vpn | base settings and enable the
  wan groupvpn policy. the default policy settings are ok to use, but
  the shared secret will
  be needed for the client policy configuration
enable the accept multiple proposals for clients checkbox which allows
  multiple vpn or l2tp clients using different security policies to
  connect.   i. enable the l2tp server. click 'configure' ii. l2tp
  server settings  keep alive time (secs): 60  dns server 1: (use
  internal or your isp's dns)  dns server 2: 4.2.2.2 (or use your isp's
  dns)  dns server 3: 0.0.0.0 (or use your isp's dns)  wins server 1:
  0.0.0.0 (or use your wins ip)  wins server 2: 0.0.0.0 (or use your wins ip)  iii. ip address settings  ip address provided by radius/ldap
  server: disabled  use the local l2tp ip pool: enabled  start ip:
  10.20.0.1 example  end ip: 10.20.0.20 example  iv. l2tp users  user group for l2tp users: 'trusted users'image
3) go to rules| nat policies sonicos enhanced will automatically add
  the following nat policy.
4) go to rules| access rules and select vpn to wan and add the
  following rule.

after you can use procedure as shown there; configuring ipod/ipad/iphone l2tp client to connect to sonicwall utm appliances

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