These steps once worked great, but not anymore. I've setup Linux as a VPN client for Meraki MX numerous times, in the same manor you've described here, but these steps no longer work, and I can't figure out why. Try using those steps on a fresh install of Debian-12.10.0 (with Gnome desktop), or Ubuntu 24.04.2, or Ubuntu Unity 24.04.2. I'd love to here how you succeed if you get it working. I've spent more time than I'm willing to admit trying to get it working, and failed over and over and over again. For example, I install Ubuntu Unity 24.04.2 on a new laptop (ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED), and couldn't get Meraki VPN to work. But what's weird, is that I have a Virtual Machine of Ubuntu Unity 24.04.2 (that was previously upgraded from 22.04), and these same steps work on the first try. Also, I have a Debian 12 laptop, that was upgraded from Debian 11, and your steps do work on it. However, those steps do not work on a fresh install of Debian 12 on this same ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED laptop. The only thing that might work, that I didn't try, is to first install an earlier version of Debian or Ubuntu, then setup the VPN using these steps shown above, then upgrade to the latest version of Debian or Ubuntu after that. Has anyone else had problems like I'm having lately, with getting Linux going as a Meraki VPN Client on freshly installed Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04.2?
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