Feature changed by: Сергей Миронов (serg0) Feature #309322, revision 17 Title: L2TP support in openSUSE openSUSE-11.3: Candidate Priority Requester: Important Projectmanager: Important Requested by: Yasha Gindikin (slonoinquisitor) Developer: (Novell) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Please, add the xl2tpd package to the installation DVD and official repository, and provide a way to create and configure the L2TP connection through the Network Manager and Yast. Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: Currently, many internet providers switch from the older Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) to a newer one, called Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). This transition is especially noticeable in Russia, where both large and smaller ISP companies tend to obtrude it without any alternative upon the end-user. However, the support for L2TP is totally missing in openSUSE. Specifically, the xl2tpd package to provide the support is absent in official repositories and has no assigned maintainer. Which is a shame, since most solid distribution, including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Mandriva, have this package in their repos. Then, in no way can the L2TP connection be created or configured in Network Manager and Yast. Generally, there is no configuration tool for L2TP available in openSUSE, apart from editing the text configs. The situation should be improved. Refs: [1] http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/linux-l2tp.html [2] http://www.xelerance.com/software/xl2tpd/ Discussion: #1: Vitaliy Tomin (highwaystar) (2010-04-16 03:39:28) There are xl2tpd package in obs https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=xl2tpd&project=home:k0da (https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=xl2tpd&project=home:k0da) It looks good and built for curent factory. #2: Yasha Gindikin (slonoinquisitor) (2010-04-16 05:49:46) (reply to #1) Yeah, but this is just a home project of an enthusiast, rather than an official build supported by an official maintainer. Packages that provide critical functionality like web access should have the solid official support. The k0da build may provide a good starting point for that. #3: Dinar Valeev (k0da) (2010-04-19 13:42:02) Created request id 38207 to network:vpn repository #4: Yasha Gindikin (slonoinquisitor) (2010-04-19 15:19:02) (reply to #3) Thank you, Dinar! As far as I understand, now there is a chance for the package to be shipped with the next openSUSE release (12.0)? #5: Dinar Valeev (k0da) (2010-05-10 17:05:08) xl2tpd now in Factory. + #6: Сергей Миронов (serg0) (2010-09-19 21:11:45) + Hi. I have the same problem and posted my own + feature https://features.opensuse.org/310571 (https://features.opensuse.org/310571) + After it I found this post. + I think it'll very well if developers will make in openSUSE 11.4 full + support of xl2tpd via YaST (module DSL in yast2-network). So the l2tp- + connection would be done throuth chosing appropriate protocol like + Ethernet or PPTP in DSL module of YaST. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/309322