L2TP (remote access)

The Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) enables you to provide connections to your network through private tunnels over the internet. The firewall supports L2TP as defined in RFC 3931.

Note To activate a connection, you must first enable L2TP. Click Show VPN settings and click the L2TP tab.
  • To activate a connection, click the Active status indicator.
  • To connect, click the connection status indicator.
Table 1. Connection status indicators
Active Connection Description
Connection is active but not connected.
Connection is active and connected.
Connection is active but only partially connected. When multiple subnets are configured for the LAN or remote network, the device creates a sub-connection for each subnet. This status indicates that one of the sub-connections is not active.
Connection is inactive.