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xl2tpd is a layer 2 tunneling protocol client/daemon for Linux. It's typically used to configure PPP tunnels as part of a VPN. Since it provides only simple, unencrypted tunnels, it's usually used in conjunction with IPSec.

xl2tpd is a layer 2 tunneling protocol client/daemon for Linux. It's typically used to configure PPP tunnels as part of a VPN. Since it provides only simple, unencrypted tunnels, it's usually used in conjunction with IPSec.

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OpenWRT StrongSwan IPsec client connection (XAuth authentication of 'user' (myself) failed)

I am trying to configure my OpenWRT router to connect to a remote VPN server. The credentials that I have are correct, but for some reason the connection is failing to authenticate on the router. Here are my configs /etc/ipsec.conf conn l2tpconn …
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How to connect VPN Client Openswan

I have VPN server using Openswan with address 103.19.208.247 Then, i want connect my laptop (CENTOS) with IP 103.19.208.243 to VPN server. Here my configuration: /etc/ipsec.conf config setup protostack=netkey dumpdir=/var/run/pluto nat_traversal=yes…
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strongSwan + xl2tpd VPN server: how to configure several config files?

I set up my VPN server with strongSwan and xl2tpd on Ubuntu server 16.04. After configuring, I tried to connect from a iPad, but got the errors as follows: Mar 26 02:22:13 myname-ubuntu-server charon: 01[NET] received packet: from…
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xl2tp + strongswan ipsec -- xl2tp timeout

I'm trying to connect to a ipsec/l2tp vpn from a private network behind a nat-router. It works from different windows clients, but from my linux machine (openSuSE 12.3, stronswan 5.1.3, xl2tp 1.3.0) I don't manage to connect. First problem was, that…
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OpenSwan and L2TPd traversing secondary gateway

I need some help with a networking project using Linux (RHEL based) and open swan with L2TPd (xl2tpd). While the initial setup works great, I want my VPN traffic to traverse over the secondary network interface which has routes that traverse over a…
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Strongswan IPSec + XL2TP connection not working

I am trying to set up a VPN (Strongswan + xl2tpd) between my desktop and a server in AWS both running Linux (Ubuntu) but I really am getting lost. I believe I have the IPSec part working but I am not entirely convinced as the l2tp part does not work…
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Seeing Who is Logged into LibreSwan VPN

We recently setup a LibreSwan VPN and for the most part it is working great. One thing we are having some trouble with is trying to see who is currently logged in. I found a solution for seeing the number of active solutions at…
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ubuntu xl2tp ppp0 not properly handling the DF flag (Packet Corrupt) while sending packages > defined MTU

While trying to setup an Ubuntu Linux server as a client to an l2tp/IPSEC server, I notice inconsistencies while trying to send data. The tunnel/VPN establish the connection / handshake properly and from the client I can ping / ssh to all the…
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Clients cannot connect to L2TP server on Ubuntu 12.04 & 14.04 LTS

I am trying to set up a L2TP/IPSec server on AWS with instance running Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I followed the instructions that I found here : https://raymii.org/s/tags/vpn.html. I tried to use 12.04LTS and 14.04LTS to install the VPN server but both gave…
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Cannot connect to IPSEC/L2TP VPN Arch Linux/Windows 8

I have check a lot of other L2TP/IPsec VPN post and none of them seem to quite match the issues I am having so here is what going on. I am trying to set up a VPN on my Arch Linux server that I can connect to from my local devices (most of which are…
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l2tp/pptp + freeradius (accounting information only gets updated on disconnect)

I have a basic PPTP/L2TP setup that uses a remote freeradius server with mysql. Issue is that when a user gets connected to the vpn and as long as the user stays connected (could be hours), no accounting data is updated (bandwidth usage). Only on…
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Openswan + xl2tpd connections time out after a while

I have a non-NATed Openswan+xl2tpd server (Ubuntu 12.04), to which I connect with a Windows 8 behind NAT. The client loses its connection after a while of doing nothing (between 30 and 60 minutes, but I didn't time it). The client doesn't have…
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Setup L2TP Ubuntu Server without IPSec (yes I know thats very odd)

Im trying to tunnell my traffic from a bunch of low end mikrotik routers through a L2PT tunnel, and these routers are not powerful enough to run encryption. I have Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, and have installed xl2tpd. Ive been trying to follow this guide:…
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L2TP over IPSec strongswan/xl2tpd pppd interface name changes

I have encountered a possible problem in my VPN setup. I have two different entry points into clients network, so I set two services up and, since one of the VPN-connections is slightly better for us, set it's metric to 100 and another to 101 like…
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l2tp/ipsec unable to connect on linux

I'm trying to connect to cisco l2tp/ipsec vpn with PSK and IKEv1 username/password. According to this article, I've found that server supports following authentification methods: SA=(Enc=3DES Hash=MD5 Group=2:modp1024 Auth=PSK LifeType=Seconds…
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