Set the Local Address to the IP address of the router and select the DHCP pool for VPN connections in the Remote Address selection. L2TP profile setupįirst setup the vpn-server profile. Don’t use the default profiles as they’re insecure. After creating a new VPN pool, go to the PPP menu and create two profiles called vpn-server and vpn-client. For extra security, you could also create a completely new IP subnet. It is heavily recommended to create a specific DHCP IP Pool for local clients and VPN connections. For better security, its HEAVILY recommended to use OpenVPN or IKEv2 instead of L2TP with IPSec. This guide is for educational purposes only. Most Mikrotik devices have dedicated hardware for encrypting and decrypting traffic with L2TP VPN that doesn’t strain the hardware heavily, unlike OVPN is CPU only bound. L2TP w/ IPSec is the recommended VPN to be used, as Liberty Global doesn’t block it, its easy to setup without having to setup certificates, its widely supported (Windows doesn’t require a third party client) and supports IPSec tunneling encryption.
L2TP WITH IPSEC ON MIKROTIK ROUTEROS HOW TO
It is recommended to research how to harden the security of the VPN connection and on the VPN Server itself. This guide is basic and there’s many things to expand on. Both server and client are behind a NAT, server has dynamic IP and uses DDNS.
This guide uses Mikrotik RB751U-2HnD as a client and a Mikrotik RB750GL as a VPN server. L2TP with IPSec Point to Point VPN setup on Mikrotik devices