Windows L2TP/IPsec VPN Client Configuration

For Windows 8, 10, 11 

 1 . Open Control panel and select Network and Sharing center . 

 

   

 

 2 . Choose  Set up a new connection or network  option. 

 

   

   

 

 3 . Choose  Connect to a workplace  option and click  Next. 

 

   

 

 4 . Click Use my Internet connection (VPN)  option. 

 

   

 

   

 5 . Enter IP address of ASA's WAN interface or FQDN and any name for VPN adapter which is locally significant and click  Create. 

 

   

 

   

 6 . On Network and Sharing Center, choose  Change adapter settings  option on the left pane of the window. 

 

   

 

   

 7 . Right click the recently created adapterfor L2TP VPN and choose  Properties. 

 

   

 

   

 8 . Navigate to  Security  tab, choose the Type of VPN as  Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPsec (L2TP/IPsec)  and then click on  Advanced settings. 

 

   

 

   

 9 . Enter the preshared key as the same mentioned in tunnel-group  DefaultRAGroup  and click  OK . In this example, C!sc0@123 is used as the pre-shared key. 

 

   

 

 10. Choose the authentication method as Allow these protocols and ensure that only " Microsoft CHAP Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2)  checkbox is checked and click  OK . 

 

   

 

 11 . Under network connections, right click on L2TP VPN adapter and choose  Connect/Disconnect. 

 

   

   

 

 12 . Networks icon will pop up and click  Connect  on L2TP VPN connection. 

 

   

   

 

 13 . Enter the user credentials and click  OK .