Remote Access Mobile VPN Client Compatibility

pfSense® software supports a variety of remote access (“mobile”) VPN configuration styles to accommodate nearly any potential client. The table below shows which operating systems have compatible clients with some of the most common remote access VPN configurations available on pfSense software.

Operating System

Protocol

OpenVPN

IPsec

PSK

RSA

Xauth PSK

Xauth RSA

IKEv2 EAP MSCHAPv2/RADIUS

IKEv2 EAP TLS

Windows XP

3PA 1 2

3PA 3

3PA 3

3PA 3

3PA 3

?

?

Windows Vista/7/8

3PA 1 2

3PA 3

3PA 3

3PA 3

3PA 3

Yes (7+)

Yes (7+)

Windows 10

3PA 1 2

?

?

?

?

Yes

Yes

Android <4

3PA

Varies

Varies

Bug

Yes

?

?

Android 4+

3PA 4

Varies

Varies

Bug

Yes

3PA 5

3PA 5

iOS < 9

3PA 6

?

?

Yes

Yes

?

?

iOS 9+

3PA 6

?

?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OS X < 10.11

3PA 2

?

?

Yes

Yes

?

?

OS X 10.11+

3PA 2

?

?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SNOM/Yealink

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

Table: Mobile/Remote Access VPN Client Availability

  • Yes = OS Native Client Available

  • 3PA = Third Party Client Required

  • Bug = Known problem configuration, follow the link for more details

  • Varies = Varies by device model and vendor options

Unless otherwise stated, UNIX clients (*BSD, Linux, etc) can support any style with manual configurations but the availability of GUI configuration tools varies by distribution.