marxxxx
Dear forum enthousiast,
I was hoping to find VPN Mode in Access Server 2.5.
Unfortunately i cant find this mode in the WebGUI so i cannot seem to change to Layer 2. (i really need this for broadcast traffic)
Does anyone know where to get the version of Access Server where i do get this VPN Mode?
Kind regards,
Mark
The Johan
Hello Mark. Layer 2 is still present in Access Server but it is hidden. This is done on purpose. Using layer 2 is really frowned upon, but it's still available on some platforms that can support it if it is really necessary. Android and iOS for example simply cannot do layer 2 at all, because their VPN API doesn't have the means to do it. On Windows, macOS, and Linux, it's possible, but sometimes requires a little work. And not all network equipment likes doing promiscuous mode or MAC address spoofing to allow layer 2 VPN to work. In any case, that aside, it is still possible but it's hidden since Access Server 2.5. I will work on writing some documentation for this so people that need it can still activate it. There was no documentation on this before because it wasn't hidden until 2.5 was released, and nobody asked for it until now.
If at all possible I'd like to suggest you find an alternative way to get things working with layer 3, without the need for broadcast traffic, so that you can use it with any normal VPN solution.
I tried looking up your ticket on our support ticket system but couldn't find it. Are you sure you submitted it to the correct support ticket system? If you have a ticket number please let me know so I can look up the ticket and update you there as well.
I'll post a link here when I've got the documentation set up.
