What is L2TP Passthrough? Do I need it enabled?

What is L2TP Passthrough? Do I need it enabled? I have a Linksys WRT54G
router running firmware version 1.42.2. If I don't need L2TP I would prefer to
disable it without affecting my router's performance. Thanks in advance for
your help.

BTW my system:

Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop
Windows XP
Dell TrueMobile 1300 adapter

WRT54G AP
Motorola Surfboard cable modem
AOL Broadband

Compaq desktop
Windows XP

-Chris

(E-Mail Removed)ispamo (Chris S.) wrote in
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> What is L2TP Passthrough? Do I need it enabled? I have a Linksys
> WRT54G router running firmware version 1.42.2. If I don't need L2TP I
> would prefer to disable it without affecting my router's performance.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> BTW my system:
>
> Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop
> Windows XP
> Dell TrueMobile 1300 adapter
>
> WRT54G AP
> Motorola Surfboard cable modem
> AOL Broadband
>
> Compaq desktop
> Windows XP
>
> -Chris
>

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...t/VPN_help.htm

It means nothing to you unless a network or machine you're trying to
connect to over the Internet requires that the connection must be a
secure VPN connection such as L2TP or one of the other VPN connection
types.

Duane

>http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...t/VPN_help.htm
>
>It means nothing to you unless a network or machine you're trying to
>connect to over the Internet requires that the connection must be a
>secure VPN connection such as L2TP or one of the other VPN connection
>types.
>
>Duane
>
I appreciate the response. Apparently it means something to my ISP. After I
disabled L2TP on the router settings I lost my Internet connection! I enabled
it again and I'm back on the Internet. My ISP is AOL Broadband, however the
connection is fed by the local Time Warner Road Runner outfit.