Different Secrets

[Twitch]

Can someone explain the difference between the Shared Secret and the Secret passwords in the screenshot below, please?

Thanks!!

Twitch

[CptnCrnch · Accepted solution]

The first one is the secret needed on your VPN client connection

The second is the shared secret between your MX and your RADIUS server

[Twitch]

@CptnCrnch- Perfect! Thank you.

So the second one needs to be the same on both the MX and the RADIUS server, correct, or the connection between the two will fail?

[CptnCrnch]

Exactly!

[Inderdeep]

@CptnCrnch : Bulls Eye 🎯

[Twitch]

@CptnCrnch @Inderdeep - Thanks much! This turned-out to be the solution to my problem I was having with my client VPN after transitioning to L3 switching on our stack. The authentication between the MX and RADIUS server was broken, and the client VPN was failing when using RADIUS.

I reset the Secret password on the MX and the client VPN started working perfectly again.

Thanks for the response!!

Twitch

[Inderdeep]

@Twitch : good luck bro ! happy to help .. although it was @CptnCrnch 

[Twitch]

@Inderdeep- Yup. You helped to reinforce it though. 😉