[LAC-l2tp1] tunnel authentication
[LAC-l2tp1] tunnel password simple aabbcc
[LAC-l2tp1] quit
# Create virtual PPP interface Virtual-PPP 1. Configure its username and password as vpdnuser
and Hello and PPP authentication as PAP.
[LAC] interface virtual-ppp 1
[LAC-Virtual-PPP1] ip address ppp-negotiate
[LAC-Virtual-PPP1] ppp pap local-user vpdnuser password simple Hello
[LAC-Virtual-PPP1] quit
# Configure a static route so that packets destined for the corporate network will be forwarded
through the L2TP tunnel.
[LAC] ip route-static 10.1.0.0 16 virtual-ppp 1
# Trigger the LAC to establish an L2TP tunnel with the LNS.
[LAC] interface virtual-ppp 1
[LAC-Virtual-PPP1] l2tp-auto-client l2tp-group 1
3.
On the remote host, configure the LAC as the gateway.
Verifying the configuration
# On the LNS, use the display l2tp session command to display the established L2TP session.
[LNS] display l2tp session
LocalSID
21409
# On the LNS, use the display l2tp tunnel command to display the established L2TP tunnel.
[LNS] display l2tp tunnel
LocalTID RemoteTID State
4501
524
# On the LNS, you should be able to ping 10.2.0.1, a private network address on the LAC side. This
indicates that hosts on 10.2.0.0/16 and those on 10.1.0.0/16 can communicate with each other through
the L2TP tunnel.
[LNS] ping -a 10.1.0.1 10.2.0.1
Ping 10.2.0.1 (10.2.0.1): 56 data bytes, press CTRL_C to break
56 bytes from 10.2.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=1.000 ms
56 bytes from 10.2.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=1.000 ms
56 bytes from 10.2.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=1.000 ms
56 bytes from 10.2.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=1.000 ms
56 bytes from 10.2.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=1.000 ms
--- Ping statistics for 10.2.0.1 ---
5 packet(s) transmitted, 5 packet(s) received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 1.000/1.000/1.000/0.000 ms
Troubleshooting L2TP
Symptom 1: Failure to access the private network
The remote system cannot access the private network.
RemoteSID
LocalTID
3395
4501
Established
State
Established
Sessions RemoteAddress
1
3.3.3.1
94
RemotePort RemoteName
1701
LAC
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