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Aug 10, 2015

Can't connect to FVS318N L2TP VPN with Windows client - Error 789_case # 25689768

I have a FVS318N that has been in place for a couple of years. Recently I was asked by a couple of employees to enable VPN access. So I figured I would play with it and see what my options were/are...

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DanCan

Aspirant

Aug 12, 2015

Thanks for the suggestion DaneA, I had done all those steps except the Registry edit. I did that and rebooted, no joy.

I think it has to be something else because I can't connect even with Windows XP either.

Thanks,

Dan

DaneA

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Aug 12, 2015

Hi DanCan,

I found this link below online. Kindly watch and follow the steps as this might help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCbxTVonZJc

Hope it helps :smileyhappy:

Regards,

DaneA

Netgear Community Team

DanCan
Aspirant
Aug 17, 2015
Yeah, tried the steps in that video, still no luck.

Just seems rediculous that this is so hard to get to work... there are only about a billion Windows machines out there. Surely someone has made this work.

Dan
- DaneA
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Aug 17, 2015
  Hi DanCan,
  
  Is L2TP VPN Pass through enabled on your FVS318N? Kindly follow the steps below to verify:
  
  a. On the web-GGUI of the FVS318N, go to Security > Firewall > Attack Checks. In the upper right of the screen, the IPv4 radio button is selected by default.
  
  b. Make sure there is a check mark on L2TP under VPN Pass through.
  
  c. Click Apply.
  
  Regards,
  
  DaneA
  
  Netgear Community Team
  - DanCan
    Aspirant
    Aug 17, 2015
    Yeah, passthrough is enabled already.
    
    Maybe there is a better VPN option I should be trying? I was trying to avoid buying the VPN client, but that might be my only option.
    
    DanCan