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Jan 18, 2017

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Cannot connect VPN with L2TP

Hi all!

I've followed all the instructions I can find to setup L2TP VPN to connect to the FVS318Gv2 VPN from remote Windows 10 clients, but cannot seem to get it to work. I followed the instructions in http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24393/~/configuring-an-l2tp-vpn-tunnel-to-prosafe%2Fprosecure-routers, but it seems I'm missing a step. The VPN log on the router shows the connection attempting, but doesn't work and shows: Tue Jan 17 19:25:36 2017 (GMT -0800): [FVS318Gv2] [IKE] ERROR: Could not find configuration for <IP Address>[500]. Can someone please point me to an article that shows all the steps to configure this VPN connection type?

Thanks!

-Joe

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jetcosys
Jan 24, 2017
Thanks! Yes, changing to "Main" did allow VPN to connect. Although I can't see the network resources, so something is messed up with my IP routing somewhere. :(

-Joe

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train_wreck
Luminary
Jan 18, 2017
Yeah that article is a steaming pile of garbage. The built-in client in Windows 10 (and 7 and 8) are L2TP/IPSEC. That article completely omits the IPsec configuration (as in, the most important part).

Try my article I made here: https://community.netgear.com/t5/VPN-Firewalls/FVS336Gv3-L2TP-IPsec-on-Windows-10/m-p/1065789#M4418
- jetcosys
  Tutor
  Jan 19, 2017
  Hey, thanks so much for the response! I actually found your article and followed your instructions. However, I'm getting this error:
  
  Wed Jan 18 21:09:02 2017 (GMT -0800): [FVS318Gv2] [IKE] ERROR: Identity Protection mode of (invalid)[(invalid)] is not acceptable.
  Wed Jan 18 21:09:02 2017 (GMT -0800): [FVS318Gv2] [IKE] INFO: Anonymous configuration selected for x.x.x.x[500].
  
  Any idea on this error or what identity protection mode is?
  
  Thanks!
  
  -Joe
  - train_wreck
    Luminary
    Jan 20, 2017
    No idea; post a screenshot of the VPN config pages and the Win10 VPN client config screens, and ill take a look.