@Clive_A - wow. I've done some reading and it seems that you're right about mdns and vpns. I'm still a little confused. Maybe I'm thinking too old school but I have actual DNS entries in my dnsmasq...

@Clive_A thanks for the idea and I'm confused by it. I am able to connect to my DNS servers at my office. And nslookup works for resolution of hosts at my office. I'm trying to connect to THEM. why...

It turned out that I had a password typo that was blocking me. Thankfully I have logging setup via rsyslog and was able to find that message in the error log. I was able to connect, and my dns...

I followed the instructions to configure https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/3050/ When I attempt to connect from my laptop I get the message: The L2TP-VPN server did not respond. I thought it...

@Clive_A - I did try your recommendation, and it is not working. I also provided evidence that my ISP is not blocking inbound port 22 also. How can I further troubleshoot?

@Clive_A my ISP does not block port 21 or 22 I don't understand why I'm not able to make the connection.