My Private Network VPN For Mac
Install SSL TunnelBlick Protocol (Recommended)
Supported On All Versions Of macOS
Available from Mac OS X Mavericks to El Capitan and macOS Sierra to High Sierra.
Install Alternative VPN Protocol
Choose a guide below to install My Private Network’s alternative VPN Protocols such as IKEv2, L2TP, or PPTP on your Mac computer.
VPN PROTOCOLS COMPARISON
Not Sure Which VPN Protocol To Install?
A VPN connection utilises different protocol technologies such as PPTP, L2TP, SSL, or IKEv2 to establish a secure connection. Some have been developed since the birth of the internet, and some are freshly of this decade, but not all are created equally. We support all the main VPN protocols and your one account will provide you access to use any of them. Here’s a quick breakdown on these protocols below:
| PPTP | L2TP-IPSec | SSL | IKEv2 | |
| Details | Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol was developed by Microsoft for creating VPN over dial-up networks. It has long been the standard protocol for internal business VPN. PPTP is a VPN protocol only and has a quick implementation due to low computational overhead requirements. |
Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol is a VPN protocol that provides encryption and confidentiality for traffic that passes through it when implemented with the IPsec encryption suite. L2TP over IPsec is as easy and quick to set up as PPTP and is built-in most modern operating systems. |
OpenVPN is an open source VPN solution that uses various technologies, including the OpenSSL library and SSLv3/ TLSv1 encryption protocols. It is highly configurable and can be set to run on any port, although it runs best on a UDP port. It is considered difficult to block as it makes traffic on it impossible to differentiate from traffic using standard HTTPS over SSL. |
Internet Key Exchange version 2 is the newest VPN protocol and based on IPSec tunneling protocol. Jointly developed by Microsoft and Cisco, it is baked into Windows 7+. |
| Security | MPPE – 128bit | AES – 128/256bit | AES – 256bit | AES – 256bit |
| Speed | Highest speed due to basic encryption, but can result in unstable connections. |
L2TP/IPsec has tunneling overhead but still fast due to encryption/decryption efficiency. |
Even on connections with high latency and across great distances it still has great speed, making this the best performing protocol. |
Faster than most VPN protocols. |
| Supported Devices |
All Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and more |
Most Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and more |
Most Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, DD-WRT, and more |
Newer Platforms: Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android |
| Pros | • Fast • Very easy setup • Support for all platforms |
• Easy setup • Support on most platforms |
• Very fast • Very secure • Can bypass firewalls • Highly customisable |
• Very fast • Very secure • Very stable • Easy setup |
| Cons | • Stability varies depending on network • Low security level |
• May have slightly slower speeds • Can be problematic on restrictive firewalls |
• Setup may be trickier than other protocols • Not supported on some mobile devices • Requires third party software |
• Not supported on most older platforms |
| Conclusion | A good basic VPN connection, widely supported without any additional software. |
An improvement over PPTP and widely supported. |
In our humble opinion, the best VPN solution. Although you need to download a bit of software and it is not usually supported on mobile devices. (RECOMMENDED) |
An excellent standard VPN solution, second only to SSL. (RECOMMENDED) |
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