[CentOS] vpn client setup/plugin

Tue Nov 19 17:22:23 UTC 2013
Wes James <comptekki at gmail.com>

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:31 AM, John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Wes James <comptekki at gmail.com>
>
> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Mihamina RKTMB <mihamina at rktmb.org>
> >> I'm trying to find the correct vpn plugin so I can vpn in to a
> >> server.
> >> The server requirements are vpn server, username/password and shared
> >> secret.
> > It is a L2TP/IPSec server.
>
> Google seems to say to install openswan + xl2tpd (from epel repository).
>
> JD
>

I found this:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/L2TP/IPsec_VPN_client_setup

and it seems quite the effort to set up a vpn client.  I started the
process, but when I get to:

ipsec auto --add L2TP-PSK

I get an unexpected CONN error.

I'll keep looking.

Thanks,

-wes