Network lock on MacOS Ventura

[britishstyle 2]

Hi, I tried searching on the website but couldn't find an answer, so I'm asking you: How do you activate Network Lock on MacOS? When I open Eddie, I see a unlocked padlock with the message "network lock disabled" at the top right, but clicking on it does nothing. Even when I connect to a server, the padlock remains unlocked, and clicking on it still doesn't do anything. In the Network Lock settings, I see three options: None, automatic, macOS - PF. Even if I select the last one, nothing changes. I assume there's a specific step to perform on the Mac, but I don't understand what it is. Can you help me?

 

[OpenSourcerer 1366]

NetLock is activated upon starting a session. For more info, refer to the post below.

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Correction

[Staff 9781]

Hello!

Activate Network Lock before you start a connection by clicking the big button on the main (overview) window:



Or tell Eddie to activate Network Lock as soon as Eddie itself starts with the following option in "Preferences" > "General":


NOTE: starting from Eddie 2.23.0 (and NOT in any previous version), by default Network Lock is enabled during a connection and disabled at the disconnection, if it is not explicitly activated. This behavior is set by the "Ensure in session" item in "Preferences" > "Network Lock" window (enabled by default). If Network Lock is explicitly activated then it remains active as long as Eddie runs, and is de-activated as soon as Eddie is properly shut down or Network Lock is explicitly disabled from the main window.

Kind regards


 

[OpenSourcerer 1366]

Hey, @Staff? In Eddie 2.23.1 there seems to be a problem. If I select Activate NetLock at startup and relaunch Eddie, NetLock is active and disableable.



If I disable it, the button simply disappears:



This is not how it should be, right?

[Staff 9781]

@OpenSourcerer

Hello!

Thanks a lot. It seems a bug indeed @Clodo - feel free to report it on the Eddie 2.23 testing thread, where we try to gather all the detected bugs.

@britishstyle
Can you see the "Activate Network Lock" button on Eddie's main window?

Kind regards
 

[russellr50 1]

I installed Eddie for the first time yesterday and there was no "activate network lock" option.

[Staff 9781]

1 hour ago, russellr50 said:

I installed Eddie for the first time yesterday and there was no "activate network lock" option.

Hello!

Which Eddie version exactly, please? Can you also specify your OS name and version?

Kind regards
 

[russellr50 1]

Ver. 2.21.8, which is what the site directed me to download. My OS is Win 10. I realize this particular thread relates to the Mac OS, but you directed me to this thread from a support request I'd sent because my issue was similar.

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[Staff 9781]

1 hour ago, russellr50 said:

Ver. 2.21.8, which is what the site directed me to download. My OS is Win 10. I realize this particular thread relates to the Mac OS, but you directed me to this thread from a support request I'd sent because my issue was similar.

Hello!

Thank you. We could not manage to reproduce this issue in 2.21.8. It's puzzling because 2.21.8 was released more than a year ago and this problem was never reported by anyone. Can you send us a screenshot showing the main window without the "Activate Network Lock" button?

Kind regards
 

[flat4 79]

Also is this a mac that natively supports ventura?

I've had strange issues with the OCLP on my macs

Not an issue with Open Core  on a cMP

[britishstyle 2]

12 hours ago, Staff said:

@OpenSourcerer

Hello!

Thanks a lot. It seems a bug indeed @Clodo - feel free to report it on the Eddie 2.23 testing thread, where we try to gather all the detected bugs.

@britishstyle
Can you see the "Activate Network Lock" button on Eddie's main window?

Kind regards
 

yes. Thank you very much, now it work perfectly. 

[russellr50 1]

Here you go:



If there's an oddball problem to have, I always have it.

I forget to mention that I have a friend who also uses AirVPN but with linux and his version of the software is also missing the option.

Edited ... by russellr50

[Staff 9781]

@russellr50

Hello!

That's fine and intended, the Network Lock activation button must disappear during a connection for good reasons. Please verify that the button is visible while Eddie is NOT "connected" as expected in 2.21.8 and report at your convenience. For the readers: the bug detected in this thread is different and affects 2.23.

Kind regards
 

[russellr50 1]

Yep, that was the issue. I have network lock activated now.