MikroTik router setup to allow VPN connection to Apple Server "Yosemite"

Hi

I am new to MikroTik/Router OS systems but need to set up two different things. I have run searches on these forums without finding useful results, what I need to set up is:

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The remote office system connects to the internet via a MikroTik router. This controls all external access as well as providing internal DHCP and routing services. The Apple server sits on the internal network and has two fixed IP addresses, one for wired ethernet and the other for wifi.

I need to use ARD for server management, general staff members need access to the file server but no management rights.

I am located over 100 miles from the server, hence the need for remote management!

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  1. A connection to a remote server using Apple Remote Desktop for control and management of the server

  2. A VPN to allow staff members to access files stored on the Apple server.

Any help / advice / pointers to existing solutions would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Michael

if your client and server are apple devices, how does MikroTik fit into your setup?

I manage the system using an apple device and the server at the remote office is an apple server. The internet connection at the remote office is via a MikroTik router. We have a fixed public IP on the router and I need to set up the VPN to allow access to the server from any client [windows/mac/linux/whatever] but also allow me to manage the server using ARD.
Management is separated from file access simply because I do nothing except administer the systems, the end-users need file access but no management rights.

Router forwards all traffic, regardless of what kind it is. There is nothing special you need to do on the MikroTik device to make your VPN work.

OK the system is set up with Microtik defaults but:

  1. I cannot contact via VPN

  2. Apple Remote Desktop

DO NOT WORK BY FEFAULT - THEY RQUIRE SETUP TAT I AM SEEKING HER

Sorry about “shouting” but that is what previous “answers” insist on!

TLB/MG

Ok, need some more information.

Setup is like this?

Mac client —> Router —> Mac server

and connection Remote Desktop and VPN does not work between the client and server?

Can you ping the server? What is the error that the Remote Desktop and VPN connections give you, when they don’t work?