Troubleshooting / symptôme

VPN no longer connects

The VPN client fails before the connection is established.

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What you are seeing

The VPN client fails before the connection is established.

Likely causes
  1. Identifiers or MFA refused
  2. Certificate expired
  3. Incorrect portal address
First checks
  1. Check the correct error
  2. Test the name of the portal
  3. Test port
Recommended actions
  1. Correct the authentication or MFA
  2. Renew an expired certificate
  3. Correct DNS or portal
Start Symptom → Cause →
VPN & FortiGateIntermediate.

The VPN client fails before the connection is established.

Important: relevez toujours le message d’erreur exact et l’heure du problème avant de modifier la configuration. Les actions proposées doivent être adaptées à votre environnement.

Causes probables

  • Identifiers or MFA refused
  • Certificate expired
  • Incorrect portal address
  • Filtered VPN port
  • Fire-side or operator

Diagnostic étape par étape

  1. 1

    Check the correct error

    Remove the message from the VPN client.

  2. 2

    Test the name of the portal

    Solve the FQDN VPN.

  3. 3

    Test port

    Control the connectivity of the TIP/UDP according to the technology.

  4. 4

    Testing another network

    A mobile connection sharing can allow to, remove local filtering.

  5. 5

    Check VPN logs

    Check out the events on the evaporator side.

Commands utiles

ns Outlook vpn.example.fr
Test-Net-Gonnegion vpn.example.fr -Port 443

Solutions possibles

  • Correct the authentication or MFA
  • Renew an expired certificate
  • Correct DNS or portal
  • Analyze the system if all users are affected
Quand escalader ?

Quickly ecstasy if all users lose the VPN simultaneously.

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