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Description This article describes what changes to make to fix the error 'Unable to connect to VPN because tunnel configuration is unsupported' when connecting to IPsec VPNs from a MacOS device.
Scope FortiClient (MacOS) 7.4.2.
Solution

When connecting to a dial-up IPsec VPN tunnel from a MacOS device, the following error may be encountered:

 

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This error is because FortiClient on MacOS does not support DH group values above 18 for ikev1 configurations. For FortiClient version 7.4.2, the default DH group value is 20 which is unsupported for MacOS.

 

To resolve this, a value of 18 or lower simply needs to be chosen. An example is provided below.

 

On FortiClient, navigate to Remote Access, then edit the connection using the icon vpn_icon.PNG beside the VPN Name. Next, select VPN Settings and expand Phase 1 and Phase 2 to make the changes similar to the image below.

 

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In FortiClient version 7.4.3, the default has been set to DH group 5 for IKEv1 to avoid this issue.

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