Summary
An L2TP connection setup on a Windows 7 system will not connect to the Smoothwall VPN Server.
Problem
An L2TP connection setup on a Windows 7 system will not connect to the Smoothwall VPN Server
Solution
By default it looks like the IPSec Policy agent service on the Windows 7 operating system is set to be manually started. This needs to be changed to start automatically.
- As an administrative user, go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
- Right-click IPSec Policy Agent, and select Properties.
- Change Startup type from Manual to Automatic.
- Click OK.