MT RB L2TP server and Cisco L2TP client ?

Been at this for months now through virtually every single ROS version from the v5 RC releases…

LCP never makes it through authentication. PAP/CHAP doesn’t matter - it simply REFUSES to authenticate.

20:14:16 l2tp,ppp,debug <x.x.255.225>: LCP timer
20:14:16 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <198.19.255.225>: sent LCP ConfReq id=0x5
20:14:16 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <mru 1450>
20:14:16 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <magic 0x6d8046e3>
20:14:16 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet
20:14:21 l2tp,ppp,debug <x.x.255.225>: LCP timer
20:14:21 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <198.19.255.225>: sent LCP ConfReq id=0x6
20:14:21 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <mru 1450>
20:14:21 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <magic 0x6d8046e3>
20:14:21 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet
20:14:29 l2tp,ppp,debug <x.x.255.225>: LCP timer
20:14:29 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <198.19.255.225>: sent LCP ConfReq id=0x7
20:14:29 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <mru 1450>
20:14:29 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <magic 0x6d8046e3>
20:14:29 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet
20:14:30 l2tp,ppp,debug <x.x.255.225>: LCP timer
20:14:30 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <198.19.255.225>: sent LCP ConfReq id=0x9
20:14:30 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <mru 1450>
20:14:30 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <magic 0x3aa14387>
20:14:30 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet
20:14:40 l2tp,ppp,debug <x.x.255.225>: LCP timer
20:14:40 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <198.19.255.225>: sent LCP ConfReq id=0x8
20:14:40 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <mru 1450>
20:14:40 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet <magic 0x6d8046e3>
20:14:40 l2tp,ppp,debug,packet

I’m pretty much at the point where I’m giving up on MT as a NAS device. Even PPPoE is better handled through something like a cheap 7200 VXR