PPTP Client - cant ping server

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Hi everyone,

I am trying to set my Mikrotik CRS109 with a PPTP Client.
I tried following this tutorial: http://strongvpn.com/setup_mikrotik_pptp.html

However there is still something not working. I see packets flowing through the out interface and Mangle rule, but they are not returning.

It works however if I set a Local Address on the profile.
Am I right to assume that both the Local and Remote Addresses should both be from the VPN range?

  • How can I set the router to get a dynamic IP from the VPN side?
    I tried to set a DHCP Client, but the interface pptp-out1 is not available to choose from, and if I choose the ether1-gateway it never gets any IP…

Regards.

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Edit:

Local and Remote IP are now - OK.
It was a misconfiguration under the PPP profile (Use Encryption required a yes).

Still, I can sniff the ping packets, they leave with the correct IPs, but never return…

I have a NAT masquerade for the pptp-out1
A mangle that I confirm the packets are passing through
A route with destination 0.0.0.0/0, gateway pptp-out1, routing mark same as Mangle rule

Do you think I am lacking something else?
Maybe some firewall rule I don’t know where else to look for the missing config.

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Heelo,

Set proxy-arp on your local bridge, and then try to ping again.

Regards,

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Hi,

I’ve already done it, but still nothing.
I’m starting to think this is a server side problem since I did the exact same thing with a different server and got it to work on the first try.
I guess it’s some problem associated with multiple ips on same account, or something related to mac addresses, not sure.