L2TP VPN is not working on macOS after update to 11.7.2.

Big Sur 11.7.3 fixes L2TP VPN. Secure connections once again. Applied update on iMac, Macbook Pro 13 2022, and Macbook M2 Air. All L2TP VPN goodness.

Thanks, I update 11.7.3 and again working well the L2PT connection. my mac is macbook pro mid-2014

Confirm: update to 11.7.3 restores L2TP over IPSec secure VPN Connections that were broken in Big Sure 11.7.2

Please note a fix was released yesterday 23 January 2023 masOS Big Sur 11.7.3 which fixes this issue. My L2TP VPN is working again!!!

Dears,

Please update to 11.7.3. It was released at 23rd of January 2023 and L2TP is working again.

Sorry, I was wrong. Fixed with 11.7.3!

Confirmed upgrade to 11.7.3 solved the VPN (L2TP/IPSec)problem.

Same here, 11.7.3 works back with L2TP IPsec VPN on my MBP 16" from 2019

However, I still had to delete the network config and add it back to make it work

11.7.3 had fixed the issue, hower, apple didn't admit the issue at last.

This issue was fixed on 11.7.3, Macbook Pro M1 2020

Had the same issue here with an MBA M1, this is how I solved this mess

• have a actual timemachine backup ready
• find a guide how to download the full 11.7.1 installer and howto to create an USB Bootstick from them, MrMacintosh has some handy stuff about this
• boot into Recovery Mode and delete the APFS volumegroup wich holds Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - Data
• try to reinstall the OS, I could only install Montery from there
• boot again from the USB media, this allowed me to install Big Sur 11.7.1
• After this is done, follow the usual procedure when switching on a MAC the first time, restore your Data from your timemachine backup

my vpn connectivity is back working

HTH

There's nothing I can find about fixing this issue. I know it works in Monterey because one of my remote workers is using it perfectly. Even though I changed the router. I'm sure it's an error and not deliberate disfunction.

I have found that installing OpenVPN is working well for me. On this TP-Link router (AX-1800) both server protocols were available and both are running simultaneously. Router available on Amazon.

One huge advantage I've found is that with the L2TP protocol, I had to set it force all internet traffic over the VPN, which burdened the other networks with my private traffic. OpenVPN setting is fine with the internet traffic routed using the local routes, and only the office network going over the VPN. (tip: setting my TP-Link otherwise caused problems when disconnecting and reconnecting when the traffic was routed over the VPN. They call the remote network "home network" on the TP Link, so you want to set that to "home network only" on the server.)

Updating macOS to 11.7.3 didn't solve this problem with VPN. I deleted L2TP VPN connection and configured again - the same problem.

Then I erased SSD drive of my Macbook 12" 2015, reinstalled macOS from a scratch, and restored from Time Machine. And only now it solved the problem.

It was terrible experience...

I can confirm with 11.7.3 L2TP over IPSec is back working, at least for me. MBA with M1

Problem solved with BIG SUR 11.17.3