Windows L2TP connections

Some Internet providers provide their services using the L2TP protocol. Exactly the same protocol needs commercial network VPN services. The main advantage of such a tunnel protocol is that they are able to create a tunnel in various networks, including IP, ATM, X.25 and Frame Relay.

How to configure L2TP connection in Windows.

IMPORTANT. Setting up L2TP involves the implementation of some sequential steps, the order of which cannot be changed to eliminate the occurrence of errors. Otherwise, all the manipulations will be in vain, since it will be impossible to ensure a successful connection to the Internet.

Basic setup rules

If you decide to figure out how to provide a network connection using L2TP, it will be useful for you to familiarize yourself with our recommendations. They will allow you to avoid serious mistakes, provoking frustration and a negative end result. Only by clearly following the specified algorithm of actions, it is possible to make a successful connection.

However, it is important to bear in mind that only your desire to configure the L2TP protocol is not enough. For this reason, initially make sure that on your computer and you have what is a necessary condition for setting up such a connection.

In particular, it is important:

  • so that you have an operating system such as Windows installed on your computer;
  • there was a corporate network VPN address to which you intend to connect;
  • I had a login and password to ensure absolute connection to this private network or provider that provides services for such a protocol.
IMPORTANT. When all the above conditions are met, you can study the recommendations further, and then in practice consolidate the knowledge gained, developing your technical skills.

Step-by-step instruction

Initially, navigate to where the icon is located that guides the user to what internet connections are made. Finding such an icon is easy; it is located at the bottom of the screen on the right side, next to the clock. Hover the mouse over this icon and left click. Immediately, a small window will appear in which you will be asked to open the "Network and Sharing Center". Take advantage of this offer, click on this line.

You don’t have to wait long, because a new window will immediately appear on the screen, in which you can easily find a suggestion such as “Creating and configuring a new connection or network”.

You can not think for a long time about what to do next. We recommend that you immediately take advantage of this proposal, since it is this step that will orient you to move in the right direction, which will lead to the successful realization of the set goals.

After that, the wizard will offer you to choose a suitable connection option from the list provided. Since you are oriented towards the L2TP protocol, select the last line “Connection to the workplace”.

The wizard will continue the automatic execution of tasks, from time to time suggesting that you make a choice of certain, but clearly marked with it options. Of course, the final result directly depends on your choice. In particular, after the wizard offers to use the existing connection, you will refuse this offer and agree to a new connection option.

When the next list of suggested actions appears in the wizard window, choose the option “Use my Internet connection (VPN)”.

But before performing the following steps, you will have to take into account the specifics of your particular Internet connection. Most often, it will be quite enough for you to take advantage of such an offer as “Establish an Internet connection”, but sometimes you have to opt for “Delay the Internet connection setting”. Unfortunately, here we cannot provide you with a single “recipe”, which is universal for all cases, since everything depends on the provider that will provide the network connection.

Next, you will need to enter the address of the private VPN or your provider. In the field below, write the name of the target object. Here you can express your imagination, because the name can be any, no restrictions apply to these actions.

In the checkbox next to the line "Remember credentials" do not forget to check the box to subsequently eliminate the need to constantly enter the necessary information.

Feel free to click on the "Create" button to complete the creation of a new network connection. Now you are automatically reoriented by the setup wizard to the control center for network channels. In this window, you will see a shortcut to your new internet connection, which functions thanks to the L2TP protocol.

We suggest you right-click on it and go to the last parameter "Properties". In the window that immediately appears after your request, make the transition to the third tab "Security", this is where we will make some more minor changes.

In particular, in the very first line “Type of VPN” write the phrase “L2TP with IPSec Protocol” proposed by us. Leave the other parameters unchanged, as the setup wizard makes all important changes automatically. If, nevertheless, your participation is necessary, then the provider must notify you of this, providing information that it is important to enter you personally in the settings window. Do not forget to click on the Ok button so that all your changes will be successfully saved.

After these manipulations you will be able to connect to such a network. It will be enough to click on the icon for notifications of Internet connections and select the appropriate network name that you came up with in the process of making network settings.

If you forgot to navigate the network settings wizard to automatically save passwords, you will have to enter your username and password after selecting an Internet connection. Of course, you can eliminate this mistake and, after entering your login and password, put a tick in the checkbox next to the suggestion on the corresponding preservation.

So, if you follow the step-by-step instructions clearly, you can easily and quickly establish a connection to the VPN network. On practical experience, you will find that all problems can be easily eliminated or avoided, since intractable situations simply do not exist.