Labnario Huawei From Scratch
Layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP) connection can be established in the following tree modes:
- NAS-initializated
- Client-initializated
- LAC-auto-initializated.
This is not my job to tell you about the theory. You can find plenty of information about L2TP on the internet. Let’s focus today on the third mode.
In most cases, an L2TP user directly dials up to a LAC, and only connection is established between the user and LAC. Unlike NAS and Client-initializated modes, in LAC-auto-initializated mode users can connect to the LAC by sending IP packets. At the same time LAC needs to have a PPP user created and a tunnel with the LNS established. The two ends of an L2TP tunnel reside on LAC and LNS respectively. As you can see from the topology below, in LAC-auto-initiated mode, LAN can be directly connected to LAC.
Let’s look how to configure L2TP on Huawei routers.