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ale93p

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Registered: 2016-10-15

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[SOLVED] Connect to IKEv2-IPSec VPN

Hi, I currently configured a StrongSwan server on an ubuntu machine, this use IKEv2 tunneling.

Looking at the guide that I followed, to connect from other OSs (Windows, OS X, ...), it seems that I just need to setup network configurations to connect to the VPN using the server key and credentials.

I can't find anything similar here on my Arch computer. How can I connect to the VPN?

Please, if you need more details just ask.

Last edited by ale93p (2017-05-18 10:19:08)

dowjonce

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Registered: 2017-01-04

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Re: [SOLVED] Connect to IKEv2-IPSec VPN

As for VPN service, I highly recommend you connecting via OpenVPN client (here I’ve found some useful info about OpenVPN and installation methods https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenVPN). In addition, you can read about VPN technology in this guide https://www.bestvpnrating.com/beginner- … et-privacy
Hope it’ll be useful.

ale93p

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Registered: 2016-10-15

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Re: [SOLVED] Connect to IKEv2-IPSec VPN

As for VPN service, I highly recommend you connecting via OpenVPN client (here I’ve found some useful info about OpenVPN and installation methods https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenVPN). In addition, you can read about VPN technology in this guide https://www.bestvpnrating.com/beginner- … et-privacy
Hope it’ll be useful.

Thank you for the answer! I'm trying to compare the two, so I'm also using OpenVPN. Why are you saying to use OpenVPN and not IPSec?

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] Connect to IKEv2-IPSec VPN

This guide should help get a connection up : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op … ient_setup

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ale93p

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Registered: 2016-10-15

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Re: [SOLVED] Connect to IKEv2-IPSec VPN

This guide should help get a connection up : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Op … ient_setup

Thanks, I already saw this guide, it wasn't really helpful. I solved using this conf file: /etc/ipsec.conf

Most Important: I had problem with authentication, the whole issue was that you have to add your server certificate inside the folder /etc/ipsec.d/cacerts. I didn't found any guide specifying it.