was wondering if this option is possible on Mikrotik. Would like to keep an eye on VPN tunnels and do simple failover if needed, but when setting up Netwatch for the host, its always up irrelevant of VPN tunnel up or down… is it only good for WAN interfaces?
Netwatch should work also through a VPN.
Are you checking an IP which is reachable only via VPN? Please also consider that the ping is generated from the router itself, so NAT and route rules should be consistent.
You can also monitor the status of the VPN with a script and then schedule it to run periodically.
thanks paolopoz… do you know any good scripts for VPN tunnel failover?
Just troubleshooting a script on another topic:
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/little-vpn-client-failover-script-big-issue/115663/1
Maybe we can join forces 