IPSec VPN Windows Client

Windows 7

Currently, Amahi only supports one IPSec VPN client for windows, a free client from Shrew Soft. (Report others that also work well please)

• Download and install the Shrew Soft Client. (Their Windows VPN Client download page may have more recent versions.)
• Open the client, called VPN Access Manager and click on + (Add) to add a configuration
• Enter YOURNICK.yourhda.com. Replace YOURNICK with your actual HDA nickname, so that your DynDNS works.

• Go into the Authentication tab
• Select Mutual PSK + XAuth
• Under the Local Identity tab, select Key Identifier, enter Amahi (this is called the Group Name and acts as an extra layer of protection)

• In the Credentials tab, the Pre Shared Key should be ready to take the VPN secret obtained in the VPN web page inside your HDA.
• The rest of things should work as default
• Save

• Finally click on connect or double click on the profile for your VPN
• Input your username and password for a user in your Amahi HDA

• If all goes well, you should be connected and you should see this welcome message:

• Press OK. To disconnect, close this window or press on Disconnect.

• For easy use, these are the recommended settings
• Enable it to be visible in the Tray only, so that it's less obtrusive when it connects
• If this is a computer you trust, you may want to also set the "remember the connection username", for even easier use