Base VPN settings. Connection name: Enter a name for this connection.End users see this name when they browse their device for the list of available VPN connections. IP address or FQDN: Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name of the VPN server that devices connect to.For example, enter 192.168.1.1 or vpn.contoso.com. Authentication method: Choose how devices authenticate to the. How to set up a VPN on Mac? Once you have installed it, setting up NordVPN is a no-brainer. Just find the NordVPN icon in Launchpad, click on it, and the app will open. Log in with your username and password if you already have an account. If not, choose Sign Up.
Is your Mac VPN server behind a NAT type router?
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This is know to have caused problems with previous versions of Windows and in fact Apple have the following article specifically about this and how to adjust setting on Windows to resolve it.
See OS X Server: How to connect to VPN service from Windows - Apple Support
Unfortunately this article has not been updated to include instructions for Windows 10. I did find the following article which seems to be the same problem you are having.
It includes a suggested answer which points to this Microsoft article. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/926179
The above Microsoft article while not specific to Windows 10 also has the same advice as the Apple article. I also found this http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/l2tp-regi stry-change-to-work-with-nat-t-not/f864b… which again seems to suggest the same registry change for Windows with comments suggesting this does work for Windows 10.
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If you are not running behind a NAT router then the issue must be different.
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May 10, 2016 3:41 AM