
Bear in mind that the tips below apply to connecting to a VPN using the common L2TP protocol. Hours of investigation later I found the problems and now all is running fine. Macs talk to Windows servers every day over VPNs, right? For us the connection persistently failed, despite all settings details being available, and despite those settings working fine when used in Windows desktops and laptops. But all should be pretty straight-forward, you'd think. The remote server is a Windows machine and is managed by a rather Windows-centric IT service company. Note that they won’t show up automatically in the Finder’s sidebar, so you’ll need to use the “Go → Connect to Server” feature in the Finder.My partner's company requires her to access company documents on a server over a VPN and she wants to use her MacBook Pro (running High Sierra) rather than the old and sluggish Windows laptop that her company offered. Once your VPN is connected, try accessing your Synology or any other devices on your network. One quick way is to use your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot feature, or treat yourself to a coffee and hop on your local coffee shop’s free wifi. Once you’ve got everything set up, you’ll need to get off your WiFi network to test it out (you can’t “VPN in” if you’re already “in”). Try out your Synology VPN connection for macOS The VPN Tracker 365 Synology Configuration Guide goes into more detail, so we recommend following that closely.

Once you have created and exported the configuration from your Synology, you can simply drop it into VPN Tracker 365.


If you own one of Synology’s NAS systems, you can also set it up to act as a VPN server, offering a convenient way to securely access the files stored on your Synology, as well as other devices on your network.
