SLED 12 NetworkManager VPN Configuration

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLED Networking
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Hi,

I have SLED 12 VM running on a VMware Workstation 12. I tried to setup VPN using NetworkManager to connect to our company’s Fortigate, but everytime I run “nmcli c up id VPN_ID”, I get an error message saying “Connection activation failed: unknown reason.”

Any idea?

Thanks all

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[QUOTE=cfajardo;32974]Hi,

I have SLED 12 VM running on a VMware Workstation 12. I tried to setup VPN using NetworkManager to connect to our company’s Fortigate, but everytime I run “nmcli c up id VPN_ID”, I get an error message saying “Connection activation failed: unknown reason.”

Any idea?

Thanks all[/QUOTE]

Spent a lot of time trying to get VPN connection to Fortigate on other distros, finally got it working with the Shrew Soft VPN Client, maybe worth looking into that client…

Thomas

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[QUOTE=thsundel;32984]Spent a lot of time trying to get VPN connection to Fortigate on other distros, finally got it working with the Shrew Soft VPN Client, maybe worth looking into that client…

Thomas[/QUOTE]

Are you connecting using SSL or IPSec?

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IPSec.

Thomas

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[QUOTE=thsundel;32996]IPSec.

Thomas[/QUOTE]

Won’t you mind sharing how did you configure it?

Thanks,

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[QUOTE=cfajardo;33012]Won’t you mind sharing how did you configure it?

Thanks,[/QUOTE]

So you got it installed and running? Then it all depends on your setup… but what I needed to do was to give the address of the Fortigate, enter the KeyID string, the preshared key and the username and password.

Thomas

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[QUOTE=thsundel;33022]So you got it installed and running? Then it all depends on your setup… but what I needed to do was to give the address of the Fortigate, enter the KeyID string, the preshared key and the username and password.

Thomas[/QUOTE]

Still struggling to get it working. I got this error message

"negotiation timeout occurred
Tunnel disabled
detached from key daemon
"

Any idea why?

Thanks

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[QUOTE=cfajardo;33068]Still struggling to get it working. I got this error message

"negotiation timeout occurred
Tunnel disabled
detached from key daemon
"

Any idea why?

Thanks[/QUOTE]

No idea, but I forgot a couple of other settings, auth method to Mutual PSK + XAuth and remote identity to any…

Thomas

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[QUOTE=thsundel;33076]No idea, but I forgot a couple of other settings, auth method to Mutual PSK + XAuth and remote identity to any…

Thomas[/QUOTE]

Finally I got it working…