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adramalech

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From: Vacaville, California

Registered: 2013-01-21

Posts: 14

Problem with L2TP IPSEC VPN login...

Hello,

I have a problem with my trying to login on my laptop to my work vpn.  I was given from my work, the vpn's ip address, the psk, my username, and password for the vpn.  I feel like I am hitting a brick wall and makes me just want to forget it all together...  I can get in with my info on this same laptop on the same connection at my apartment from my windows 8.1 partition just fine.  I have also verified and triple checked all my vpn information required.  I also don't know but I think have it setup to use PAP, MS CHAP, or MS CHAP v2..  Any help I would be greatly appreciated.  Pretty much the way my VPN for my work works is you have to VPN on L2TP over IPSEC with a username and password and a psk to allow you to remote desktop to my desktop at work.  Really wish this could work as I am tired of supporting windows at home when I pretty much only use it to VPN into work when I have to get work done...

pacman -Q openswan

openswan 2.6.41-1

pacman -Q xl2tpd

xl2tpd 1.3.6-1

uname -a

Linux tux 3.17.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 15 15:04:35 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Now I have all the configs setup below following the L2TP/IPsec VPN client setup arch wiki page and I keep getting this:

ipsec auto --up <vpn connection name>

022 "<vpn connection name>": We cannot identify ourselves with either end of this connection.

my process to run the vpn connection:

sudo systemctl start openswan
sudo systemctl start xl2tpd
ipsec auto --up <vpn connection name>
echo "c <vpn connection name>" > /var/run/xl2tpd/l2tp-control

how I added my vpn connection:

sudo ipsec auto --add <vpn connection name>

/etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf

[global]
; listen-addr = <my ip address>
debug avp = no
debug network = no
debug packet = no
debug state = no
debug tunnel = no

[lac <vpn connection name>]
lns = <vpn ip address>
pppoptfile = /etc/ppp/<vpn connection name>.options.xl2tpd
length bit = no
redial = no

/etc/ppp/<vpn connection name>.options.xl2tpd

plugin passprompt.so
ipcp-accept-local
ipcp-accept-remote
idle 72000
ktune
noproxyarp
asyncmap 0
noauth
crtscts
lock
hide-password
modem
noipx

ipparam L2tpIPsecVpn-<vpn connection name>

promptprog "/usr/bin/L2tpIPsecVpn"

refuse-eap

remotename ""
name "<vpn username>"
password <vpn password>

usepeerdns

/etc/ipsec.secrets

%any @<vpn ip address>: PSK <psk key here>

Last edited by adramalech (2014-10-25 04:53:46)