PPTP and L2TP+IPSec client connection to remote VPN server

Currently I’m able to connect from windows 8 using the built in windows vpn client with L2TP+IPSec w/ preshared key or PPTP to a remote Cisco 2851 without issues. For awhile I was also using a Cisco 1921 at home with no issues. I want to mirror this same functionality on my new RB1100AHx2 although it’s been extremely frustrating to get VPN connectivity to work. Does any one have a working example they can share, with any VPN provider. The link below outlines exactly what I want to do but it does not work for me. Even though I can auth and connect fine, I get an IP, everything I’ve tried so far results in no outbound network connectivity from any of my internal hosts. From the router I can ping the assigned VPN IP but can’t go past that.

https://support.hidemyass.com/hc/en-us/articles/202721196-Mikrotik-PPTP-L2TP-Setup-OS-6-0-or-newer-

Apparently others have had better luck with VPN then I have. Since I’m not even able to get basic PPTP client to work, let alone L2TP+IPSec, I’ll be returning my Mikrotik. It’s much easier for me to get working VPN within IOS, I’ll be going with a Cisco router instead. Thanks.