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__NOTOC__<indicator name="L2TP">[[File:Menu-L2TP.svg|link=:Category:Incoming_L2TP|30px|Back up to the Incoming L2TP Category]]</indicator>
__NOTOC__<indicator name="L2TP">[[File:Menu-L2TP.svg|link=:Category:Incoming L2TP|30px|Back up to the Incoming L2TP Category]]</indicator>
[[Category:Incoming_L2TP]]
[[Category:Incoming L2TP]]


[https://www.pfsense.org/ pfSense] is an open source firewall distribution, built on top of the FreeBSD Operating System.
[https://www.pfsense.org/ pfSense] is an open source firewall distribution, built on top of the FreeBSD Operating System.
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# Set the '''Username''' to your AAISP login
# Set the '''Username''' to your AAISP login
# Set the '''Password''' to you AAISP password - as seen on the 'Broadband Circuit Details' page on [[Category:Control Pages|control.aa.net.uk]]
# Set the '''Password''' to you AAISP password - as seen on the 'Broadband Circuit Details' page on [[Category:Control Pages|control.aa.net.uk]]
# Set the '''Gateway IP''' to '90.155.53.19' - by using an IP address you can avoid performing a DNS lookup, and having to ensure DNS works before and after the tunnel comes up.
# Set the '''Gateway IP''' to '194.4.172.12' - by using an IP address you can avoid performing a DNS lookup, and having to ensure DNS works before and after the tunnel comes up. - though the IP can change - so we'd suggest actually using l2tp.aa.net.uk
# No Local IP Address is required - it will be chosen automatically
# No Local IP Address is required - it will be chosen automatically


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When you are finished, press '''Save''' at the bottom of the screen.
When you are finished, press '''Save''' at the bottom of the screen.



=== Step 2 ===
=== Step 2 ===
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# I used the '''description'''/name 'L2TP' for my interface
# I used the '''description'''/name 'L2TP' for my interface
# Set the the '''IPv4 Configuration Type''' to 'L2TP'
# Set the '''IPv4 Configuration Type''' to 'L2TP'
# Set the the '''IPv6 Configuration Type''' to 'SLAAC' - you don't actually need a global IPv6 address on the interface at all - it will just use Link Local addressing, but setting to SLAAC seems to enable IPv6 on the interface without causing any problems
# Set the '''IPv6 Configuration Type''' to 'SLAAC' - you don't actually need a global IPv6 address on the interface at all - it will just use Link Local addressing, but setting to SLAAC seems to enable IPv6 on the interface without causing any problems


When you are finished, press '''Save''' at the bottom of the screen.
When you are finished, press '''Save''' at the bottom of the screen.
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