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VPN L2TP with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS #160

Closed gmastromatteo closed 3 years ago

gmastromatteo commented 3 years ago

Hi i am not able to connect to our meraki cisco with my ubuntu desktop. I've followed the instruction on this page https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Client_VPN/Client_VPN_OS_Configuration and https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp#issue-with-not-stopping-system-xl2tpd-service If requested I can share the logs . please let me know thanks to all gianni

dkosovic commented 3 years ago

I'm guessing it is an issue with the strongSwan Cisco Unity plugin, see:

gmastromatteo commented 3 years ago

Hi Douglas and thank you for your feedback. I'm not using strongswan. Here is what I did to configure my vpn connection with ubuntu. I hope it will clarify my request. thanks gianni

Il giorno mer 28 apr 2021 alle ore 13:54 Douglas Kosovic < @.***> ha scritto:

I'm guessing it is an issue with the strongSwan Cisco Unity plugin, see:

- https://github.com/nm-l2tp/NetworkManager-l2tp/wiki/Known-Issues#strongswan-no-acceptable-traffic-selectors-found

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dkosovic commented 3 years ago

I'm not using strongswan. Here is what I did to configure my vpn connection with ubuntu. I hope it will clarify my request.

Did you attach something with your email reply? I don't see what you did to configure your VPN connection.

I think I will need the logs, also which Ubuntu version are you using?

I would recommend using the newer version of network-manager-l2tp from:

gmastromatteo commented 3 years ago

Hi Douglas Thank you for your feedback. Using the latest version of l2tp network manager it’s work fine. Thank you so much for your quickly support ! Best regards Gianni

Il giorno gio 29 apr 2021 alle 00:00 Douglas Kosovic < @.***> ha scritto:

I'm not using strongswan. Here is what I did to configure my vpn connection with ubuntu. I hope it will clarify my request.

Did you attach something with your email reply? I don't see what you did to configure your VPN connection.

I think I will need the logs, also which Ubuntu version are you using?

I would recommend using the newer version of network-manager-l2tp from:

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gmastromatteo commented 3 years ago

Ciao Douglas to be honest I also followed this procedure coming from the meraki community. It works fine for my Ubuntu 20.04.2 TLS. thanks again best regards gianni

  1. Update and clean up the machine first

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo reboot# Wait for reboot, log back in sudo apt autoremove

  1. Install VPN Software

sudo apt-get install strongswan xl2tpd net-tools sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp network-manager-l2tp-gnome sudo apt-get install network-manager-strongswan sudo reboot

  1. After reboot, Turn off the L2TP Server, we only want the client

sudo service xl2tpd stop sudo systemctl disable xl2tpd

  1. Setup the VPN per @PigMan https://community.meraki.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4675's instructions:

    • Settings -> Network -> VPN - > "+"
    • Details:
      • Make available to other users, check (if desired)
    • Identity:
      • Name: Make a description
      • Gateway: the IP address (or dyn dns name from the meraki page)
      • User Name: @.***
      • Password: Leave blank, will prompt
      • NT Domain:
    • IPSec Settings:
      • Enable IpSec tunnel to L2TP host: check
      • Pre-Shared Key: Get from the meraki setup page
      • Phase1 Algorithms: 3des-sha1-modp1024
      • Phase2 Algorithms: aes128-sha1
      • Enforce UDP encap:
    • PPP Settings: Default

Il giorno gio 29 apr 2021 alle ore 06:40 gianni mastromatteo < @.***> ha scritto:

Hi Douglas Thank you for your feedback. Using the latest version of l2tp network manager it’s work fine. Thank you so much for your quickly support ! Best regards Gianni

Il giorno gio 29 apr 2021 alle 00:00 Douglas Kosovic < @.***> ha scritto:

I'm not using strongswan. Here is what I did to configure my vpn connection with ubuntu. I hope it will clarify my request.

Did you attach something with your email reply? I don't see what you did to configure your VPN connection.

I think I will need the logs, also which Ubuntu version are you using?

I would recommend using the newer version of network-manager-l2tp from:

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dkosovic commented 3 years ago

glad to hear it is working for you.