X4B Does not provide IPSec+L2TP VPN services any more. GRE/IP-in-IP tunnels are far superior and recommended instead. This tutorial is maintained for general information only.
This tutorial contains the steps required to an IPSec + L2TP VPN for use with your X4B service. This tutorial assumes you have already added a VPN to your service and you have the details (secret, username and password) on hand. Only tested on Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows 8. You should ensure you have KVM / VNC access to your server in-case you loose networking.
Step 1
Goto the Network and Sharing Center and click Setup a new connection or network
Step 2
We need to Connect to a workplace and click Next
Step 3
Select VPN
Step 4
Enter your Proxy IP in the Internet Address field. The Destination name is a description field.
Step 5
Once the VPN is created go to your adapter settings and goto its properties.
Step 6
In the security tab and set the options as described below.
Step 7
Click advanced settings and enter yout IPSec secret (Pre-Shared Key).
Step 8
In the networking tab click on "Internet Protocol Version 4" opening its properties dialog
Step 9
Click "Advanced Settings" and disable the default gateway. Set a high metric such as "9999".
Step 10
Now connect to your IP. You will be prompted for a username and password. Once connected you should be able to ping the VPN Gateway at 10.240.9.1
Step 11
In an administrator command prompt execute: route -p add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 {INTERNAL_IP} metric 9000
If you are adding multiple VPN connections you will need to lookup the interface ID in the interface table (at the top) and execute the following command: route -p add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 {INTERNAL_IP} metric 9000 if {INTERFACE}
Restarting your server
After a restart you will need to re-connect to the VPN.
Troubleshooting
Ensure you have at-least one port utilizing the VPN at all times, the VPN will not be configured on the filtering server unless there is a port referencing it. Ports that reference VPN's are "(Tunnel)" suffixed and refer to a backend starting with "VPN".
