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Configuring L2TP VPN on Huawei Devices

This guide provides a step‑by‑step configuration for setting up an L2TP VPN on Huawei equipment, covering ACL rules, IP pools, user authentication, interface settings, virtual templates, PPP parameters, static routing, and related commands.

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Configuring L2TP VPN on Huawei Devices

Use L2TP VPN, configuration as follows:

#<br/>
l2tp enable<br/>
#<br/>
acl number 2001<br/>
rule 5 permit source 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255<br/>
#<br/>
ip pool lns<br/>
gateway-list 192.168.1.1<br/>
network 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0<br/>
#<br/>
aaa<br/>
local-user huawei password cipher abc@123<br/>
local-user huawei server-type ppp<br/>
#<br/>
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/0<br/>
ip address 202.1.1.1 255.255.255.0<br/>
nat outbound 2001<br/>
#<br/>
interface Virtual-Template1<br/>

Set PPP authentication mode to PAP. ppp authentication-mode pap<br/> Additional L2TP and routing configuration:

remote address pool lns<br/>
ppp ipcp dns 10.10.10.10<br/>
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0<br/>
#<br/>
l2tp-group 1<br/>
undo tunnel authentication<br/>
allow l2tp virtual-template 1<br/>
#<br/>
ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 202.1.1.2<br/>
#<br/>
return<br/>
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