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

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

L2TP VPN is not working on macOS 11.7.2.

Fri Dec 16 22:54:45 2022 : L2TP can't set L2TP server address: Cannot allocate memory
Fri Dec 16 22:54:45 2022 : IPSec connection started
Fri Dec 16 22:54:45 2022 : L2TP error sending Hello (Destination address required)
Fri Dec 16 22:54:45 2022 : Failed to send L2TP hello trigger. tried 0, max 10
Fri Dec 16 22:54:46 2022 : L2TP error sending Hello (Destination address required)
Fri Dec 16 22:54:46 2022 : Failed to send L2TP hello trigger. tried 0, max 10
Fri Dec 16 22:54:47 2022 : L2TP error sending Hello (Destination address required)
Fri Dec 16 22:54:47 2022 : Failed to send L2TP hello trigger. tried 0, max 10
Fri Dec 16 22:54:48 2022 : L2TP error sending Hello (Destination address required)
Fri Dec 16 22:54:48 2022 : Failed to send L2TP hello trigger. tried 0, max 10
Fri Dec 16 22:54:49 2022 : L2TP error sending Hello (Destination address required)
Fri Dec 16 22:54:49 2022 : Failed to send L2TP hello trigger. tried 0, max 10
Fri Dec 16 22:54:50 2022 : IPSec connection failed

Is there any way that I can set the address manually?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Dec 16, 2022 5:46 AM

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Answer 1

milo jah

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Dec 21, 2022 7:03 AM in response to NakedBA

Having same issue with M1 air.

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Answer 2

Dec 21, 2022 10:03 AM in response to JAB_66

You could try OpenVPN if your office server supports that, but you'd need to match server and client.

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JAB_66

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Dec 21, 2022 9:59 AM in response to Peter Addison

OMG, how could they say that?, all our iMacs and Macbook pros are with BigSur, I am not going to upgrade all of them due to the lack of competence from Apple ...

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JAB_66

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Dec 21, 2022 10:03 AM in response to Peter Addison

thanks for the recommendation, it is too expensive for all the users. Do you mean that Apple will not fix it with some upgrade?

The L2TP failure is a big error, it will make BigSur useless

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milo jah

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Dec 21, 2022 10:19 AM in response to Peter Addison

Not a great solution for those of us with only l2tp VPNs.

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JAB_66

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Dec 21, 2022 1:41 PM in response to Peter Addison

I am reviewing the steps to perform in order to modify my Mikrotik to run an OpenVPN Server, otherwise we will not be able to work remotely

I cross my fingers!

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Answer 7

Dec 22, 2022 9:45 PM in response to drdizzy82

Same problem

Has anyone found a way to go back to 11.7.1 or 11.6?

Time machine with backups broke down to the heap

It's not for nothing

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Answer 8

Jan 1, 2023 9:51 AM in response to drdizzy82

the fact of the matter is that this is not a mistake, but a planned diversion. Pure swinishness

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Answer 9

JAB_66

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Jan 2, 2023 7:55 AM in response to minerbel87

Any news about 11.7.3 delivery? big impact in my company, there is not any MacOs VPN client tool suitable for keeping L2TP over IPsec so planning to move to OpenVPN as soon as possible.

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