MikroTik and VPNGATE

Hello,

I am trying to set up a MikroTik router so that it connects to VPNGATE using L2TP.

According to VPNGATE’s web site, all you need is username and password and a pre-shared key. From their web site:

“You can quickly configure your L2TP/IPsec VPN Client by using the following parameters if you have already known how to set up.
IP Address / Hostname: You can obtain them in Public VPN Relay Servers List page.
Username: vpn, Password: vpn
Pre-shared Key (Secret): vpn”

In MikroTik I have tried: INTERFACES > ADD NEW > L2TP CLIENT and filled out Connect To, User and Password. I also have tried enabling “Use IPSEC” and filling in IPSEC secret. I am pretty sure however, that IPSEC secret is not the same as Pre-shared Key. Or is it?

It connects but it does not finish what it needs to do. I’m not sure where it is failing. I looked at logs but I can not figure out what exactly is happening.

Could I get some help here please. Thank you.

It is the same.

It connects but it does not finish what it needs to do. I’m not sure where it is failing. I looked at logs but I can not figure out what exactly is happening.

One possibility could be that your Mikrotik doesn’t have a public IP address from the ISP and several VPNGATE clients establish connections from behind the same public address. Can this be your case?