Q: 10.9.2 L2TP VPN Server does not work

Make sure to actually launch the Server app after installing the update from the Apple Store.

The first time you run Server app, a number of additional adjustments take place, and it might be that this is when the actual upgrade ot the feature you are having issue with occurs.

having same issue

10.9.2 mavericks, (just tried a clean install, format and reinstall, and getting the same issue)

My thread:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5956245

some info from terminal:

sh-3.2# vpnd -x -d -i com.apple.ppp.l2tp

2014-03-02 11:16:48 MST          Server 'com.apple.ppp.l2tp' starting...

2014-03-02 11:16:48 MST          Loading plugin /System/Library/Extensions/L2TP.ppp

2014-03-02 11:16:48 MST          L2TP plugin: first call to socket failed - attempting to load kext

Identical issue here.

Local connection to 10.9.2/3.0.3 works fine, but clients can't connect when the host is NAT'd.

10.6.8 Server still works great both locally and NAT'd.

Anyone find a solution yet?

I have the same issue.

I had a client a few months back with the same issue. I applied the patch mentioned on the original post and it fixed the issue.

Now I have another client with the same issue, but this client updated to 10.9.2 before calling me. Now I cant apply the fix. Was this fix included in 10.9.2? Maybe the issue is something else?

Help please.

3/31/14 11:29:17.448 PM pppd[1270]: L2TP connecting to server 'hostname.com' (Public IP)...

3/31/14 11:29:17.457 PM pppd[1270]: IPSec connection started

3/31/14 11:29:17.470 PM racoon[1271]: accepted connection on vpn control socket.

3/31/14 11:29:17.471 PM racoon[1271]: Connecting.

3/31/14 11:29:17.471 PM racoon[1271]: IPSec Phase 1 started (Initiated by me).

3/31/14 11:29:17.472 PM racoon[1271]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Initiator, Main-Mode message 1).

3/31/14 11:29:17.472 PM racoon[1271]: >>>>> phase change status = Phase 1 started by us

3/31/14 11:29:20.662 PM racoon[1271]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase 1 Retransmit).

3/31/14 11:29:23.931 PM racoon[1271]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase 1 Retransmit).

3/31/14 11:29:27.071 PM racoon[1271]: IKE Packet: transmit success. (Phase 1 Retransmit).

3/31/14 11:29:27.473 PM pppd[1270]: IPSec connection failed

3/31/14 11:29:27.474 PM racoon[1271]: IPSec disconnecting from server Public IP

3/31/14 11:29:27.474 PM racoon[1271]: glob found no matches for path "/var/run/racoon/*.conf"

3/31/14 11:29:41.313 PM LogMeInIgnition[1001]: Reachability Flag Status: -R ------- networkStatusForFlags

I'm having a similar issue.

OS 10.9.2 server 3.0.2

All ports forwarded on my verizon router

just plain old stumped.

any help would be appreciated

Lots of folks including me had waited to deploy VPN both on the server as well as on the client under Mavericks and was surprised beyond any measure to find that 10.9.2 VPN issue...Apple had not fixed...**** Racoon! So, like you, I am at a standstill...and really don't want to use OpenVPN despite it's potential solution...(don't want what appears to be a web-based solution).

The other nightmare is it seems VPN issues are everywhere...I just bought a used Cisco RVS4000 hoping to temperately resolve...only to find out it can't do L2TP over IPsec. So now I back to my Mikrotik...is there any rest for the wicked (VPN)?

It was my impression that the same standalone (for 10.9.1) VPN fix was built-in to 10.9.2/Server 3.1. As it happens my own OS X VPN Server has a non-NATed address so I do not hit this problem.

As a perhaps more constructive suggestion, you could consider setting up a Linux virtual machine to run Racoon and act as your VPN server. I have done this also and linked it via LDAP to Open Directory for authentication. I have also been able to do the same with StrongSwan. I did however do this so I could run a Cisco IPSec compatible VPN server rather than L2TP. It works fine with the built-in Cisco IPSec client on both Mac and iOS.

Note: Apple's own Racoon implementation does not support Cisco IPSec.

I had the same problem. In my case, it turned out that I had enabled "Back to my Mac" in my Airport Extreme. Even though all the correct VPN ports were forwarding to the server, until I disabled "Back to my Mac" and restarted the router, I could only get a VPN connection to work when on my local network.

Thanks for this... I was having issues with VPN connectivity also. Disabled "Back to my Mac" and it seems to be working fine now. Lets see if it'll last.

I disabled back to my mac on both Apple computers that I'm trying to use VPN between and still no luck.