L2TP with Pre-shared Key

Doolali · February 23, 2022

Hey everyone,

I'm struggling to find what I'm looking for, hopefully someone around here has an answer?

I'm looking for a Wireless Router with L2TP with pre-shared key support (as a client not a server) so that I can connect to my work VPN and leave it connected, and shift my devices onto that network rather than setting up each individual device to use a VPN.

I originally tried a TP Link AC1750 but it didn't support pre-shared key.

Thanks,

Scott

Doolali · February 25, 2022

Anyone?

Alex Atkin UK · February 25, 2022

On 2/23/2022 at 3:37 PM, Doolali said:

I originally tried a TP Link AC1750 but it didn't support pre-shared key.

That's because L2TP itself doesn't support encryption. What you probably have is L2TP over IPsec where you use the pre-shared key on IPsec then use L2TP over that tunnel.

You might need a more business oriented router such as a Mikrotik, or setup a PC with pfSense or OPNsense.

I see some discussion of ASUS possibly working on it, but can't find confirmation if they ever added it or not.