<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Tuesday 08 April 2014 01:59 PM, blamares023452 wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:98CC6ACA-C63A-486E-9FBB-E8EF69B13447@gmx.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> Hello, We have a VPN connection at work setup from where people with OSX have got it to work. But I cant get it to work on ubuntu Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS. On OSX the settings that work are: Server: 123.123.123.123, accountname: pelle, password: pwd_pelle, with a shared key: pwd_group (and empty group name). [as a cisco vpn tunnel] This is my /etc/ipsec.conf [CODE]# /etc/ipsec.conf - Openswan IPsec configuration file # $Id$ # Manual: ipsec.conf(5) # Created: Tue Mar 25 09:08:06 2014 # by: The L2TP IPsec VPN Manager application version 1.0.6 # # WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost! version 2.0 # conforms to second version of ipsec.conf specification config setup # plutodebug="parsing emitting control private" plutodebug=none strictcrlpolicy=no nat_traversal=yes interfaces=%defaultroute oe=off # which IPsec stack to use. netkey,klips,mast,auto or none protostack=netkey conn %default keyingtries=3 pfs=no rekey=yes type=transport left=%defaultroute leftprotoport=17/1701 rightprotoport=17/1701 # Add connections here. conn Work leftid=@VPN_Group_2 leftxauthusername=pelle left=%defaultroute right=123.123.123.123 keyexchange=ike auto=start auth=esp authby=secret ikelifetime=28800s esp=3des-sha1;modp1024 ike=3des-sha1,aes128-sha1;modp1024 pfs=yes compress=no forceencaps=yes remote_peer_type=cisco rightxauthserver=yes[/CODE] And this is my ipsec.secrets [CODE]# /etc/ipsec.secrets - secrets for IKE/IPsec authentication # $Id$ # Manual: ipsec.secrets(5) # Created: Tue Mar 25 09:08:06 2014 # by: The L2TP IPsec VPN Manager application version 1.0.6 # # WARNING! All changes made in this file will be lost! # # # This file holds shared secrets or RSA private keys for inter-Pluto # authentication. See ipsec_pluto(8) manpage, and HTML documentation. # RSA private key for this host, authenticating it to any other host # which knows the public part. Suitable public keys, for ipsec.conf, DNS, # or configuration of other implementations, can be extracted conveniently </blockquote> have a look at these[1,2,3] ready to use [1] if you like or else try other options [2],[3] [1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="ftp://pftpintl:F0rt1intl@support.fortinet.com/FortiGate/v4.00/4.0/4.0.0/SSL%20VPN%20Clients/forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.0.2010.tar.gz">ftp://pftpintl:F0rt1intl@support.fortinet.com/FortiGate/v4.00/4.0/4.0.0/SSL%20VPN%20Clients/forticlientsslvpn_linux_4.0.2010.tar.gz</a> [2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/134715/fortinet-ssl-vpn-client-and-ubuntu-12-04">http://askubuntu.com/questions/134715/fortinet-ssl-vpn-client-and-ubuntu-12-04</a> [3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/networks/vpn/admin/linux">http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/networks/vpn/admin/linux</a> may be those can help you Warm Regards, Take Care <div class="moz-signature">-- <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Unix)"> <meta name="AUTHOR" content="livewire "> <meta name="CREATED" content="20100413;16400600"> <meta name="CHANGEDBY" content="Livewire "> <meta name="CHANGED" content="20110817;15290400"> <meta name="CHANGEDBY" content="livewire "> <style type="text/css">  </style> */ <meta name="CHANGEDBY" content="livewire "> Jatin Khatri RHCSA RHCE CCNA <a href="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin">www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin</a> Phone (+91) 98250 20393 Save Paper, Save Environment.** (Plant at least one tree in your life and nurture it !!!) </div> </body> </html>