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    L2TP/IPsec VPN not responding to client?

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      solignis
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      I am not sure what is going on here. I am installing a firewall for a client at their office. They want a VPN setup so they can access the office from outside.

      I setup a an L2TP/IPsec vpn on the firewall. The odd part I am running into is the firewall is not responding to the client. I have UDP/1701 open on the firewall and I can verify that the port is open with ZenMap. But when I tell windows to connect to the VPN it says it cannot contact the server. (See attached)

      Any idea what would cause this?
      ![2015-12-10 13_47_54-Settings.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/2015-12-10 13_47_54-Settings.png)
      ![2015-12-10 13_47_54-Settings.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/2015-12-10 13_47_54-Settings.png_thumb)

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Did you read the warning at https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/L2TP/IPsec ?

        Drop L2TP/IPsec and go for IKEv2 https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/IKEv2_with_EAP-MSCHAPv2

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