Bridge port behaviour in bridging distant networks over PPTP

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I’ve been attempting to get a setup working that is identical to a blog post by Butch Evans.

I’ve completed the configuration as per the example, but I can only successfully ping devices on each of the LAN segments if I choose to send the ping request down the PPTP interface.

It feels as if the bridge ports are not working correctly. i.e. Not forwarding my ping request between the bridged pptp and lan ports.

Is there any other configuration option that I should be looking at in regard to bridging ports?

Does anybody have another example of bridging using pptp that I could study to see what is behind my issue?

Thanks!

(I’m using 2 virtual routers running RouterOS 5.1 under esx if that helps)

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If you are bridging, you need to ping through the Bridge interface. Not the PPTP interface.

You’ll need to put an IP on the Bridge Interface or you will not have level3 tools of the router himself working.


PPTP interface is independant from the bridge inside according to what i’ve seen.


I have a setup where i’m using two independant networks : a routed one on the PPTP interface, and a bridged one on the same PPTP interface with BCP (bridge control protocol).

The two networks are independant, one is level2 (BCP) the other is level3.