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#. Repeat the same steps to add the VPN users.
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#. Repeat the same steps to add the VPN users.
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Limitations of Remote Access VPN
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CloudStack's Remote Access VPN feature (L2TP over IPsec with pre-shared key) is subject to certain limitations:
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- **Single connection per source IP/CIDR:**
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Due to the use of StrongSwan in the virtual router implementation, CloudStack does not support multiple simultaneous VPN connections originating from the same source public IP or NAT'ed subnet.
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This means that if multiple users are behind the same NAT (e.g., office network or shared IP), only one of them can connect at a time. Additional connection attempts will fail until the first session is disconnected.
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- **No support for overlapping subnets by the VPN:**
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Remote Access VPN does not provide NAT traversal or address translation features to handle overlapping subnets between the client and the VPC.
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**Recommendation:**
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If your environment requires multiple concurrent VPN connections from the same location (NAT or IP), consider deploying a dedicated VPN appliance (e.g., OpenVPN or pfSense) inside the VPC to support advanced use cases.

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