I'm guessing there is a firewall between the client and VPN server when the client is in the outside world.
See the "Issue with not stopping system xl2tpd service" section in the README.md file : https://github.com/nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp/blob/nm-1-2/README.md I'm guessing the firewall doesn't like clients that are trying to connect with an ephemeral port. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771223 Title: Cannot connect to L2TP network To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager-l2tp/+bug/1771223/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs