Hello,
whats the status of OpenVPN in RouterOS? what its future in RouterOS? is there a road map for it? can we safely plan deployment of OpenVPN on RouterBoard boxes only?
Why there is no single page about OpenVPN on the wiki?
I would be very thankful for answers - thank you.
Janusz.
It was said before - we have stopped developing OpenVPN in favor of SSTP
If you need some examples, then there is user created OVPN article
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/OpenVPN
we have stopped developing OpenVPN in favor of SSTP
OK, didn’t notice that. Sorry to hear, as SSTMP isn’t cross platform (doesn’t work on Linux).
EDIT: Well, what I didn’t know is that SSTMP is available only on development version of RouterOS. It means that you’ve dropped SSL VPN support from RouterOS for today all together… sad.
it’s an open standard, you just have to wait until somebody makes support for linux. We made it for RouterOS after all
it’s an open standard, you just have to wait until somebody makes support for linux. We made it for RouterOS after all
Very nice, but I don’t believe you 
there are waaay to many issues on this forum reported and this means you got no single working, full-featured SSL VPN in RouterOS (even stable version!).
I’ll probably change RouterBoards used mostly as VPN clients to custom Linux boxes. After all, you’ve dropped support of the most important tool for my company. Relying on company which introduces a technology and later drops it makes loses. I hate loses esp when its because of technology change.
This is funny, because I’ve bought RouterBoards because I didn’t want die-hard with Linux. Now I’m pressed to go opposite.
Best regards.
We are still looking at other possibilities, it’s possible that we will resume work on OpenVPN. We are working to fix some other components that could solve the initial problems, but I can’t make any promises.
If OpenVPN droped, I will have to leave Mikrotik and ROS. Could someone tell me for what is Windows only crap tunneling protocol good?
We will not drop it, we will fix what we can, and leave it as is. What I’m saying is, that we will probably not make UDP support.
Could someone tell me for what is Windows only crap tunneling protocol good?
its an open standard and can possibly be implemented in more devices. Mikrotik choose it and I can use it as it is stable enough and fits my purposes. Now it does not fit, but it may one day.
Is there anything new within the subject of OpenVPN i routerOS?
no and there won’t be, as far as I know
Very sad new ! I’ve chosen Mikrotik for its support to OpenVPN. The IT structure I administer is deeply rooted on OpenVPN. If its development gets stopped I should have to reconsider Mikrotik choice.
It still exists and works in it’s current implementation. We have no plans to remove it, and we will continue fixing bugs. We will simply not make additional features for it.
We will simply not make additional features for it.
Who sits still, he moves backwards. Anyway, thanks for 5.x series.
Do not use mikrotik with vpn, i recomended zeroshell with alix mainboard, for roaming clients Openvpn portable.
Well, LZO is not a feature as udp is not one either - it is openvpn funcionality.
If someone has a network with XP, Vista, 7 pc’s the there is no other reliable vpn solution that works without hassle.
SSTP is simply not an option due to its non-universiality and non-flexibility.
What we have for now is port-forward to a local host running openvpn.
Has the mentality changed around openvpn yet?
We are now faced with issues connecting to astaro firewalls because of the lack of lzo compression…
From my perspective, OpenVPN stil works poorly on RouterOS (veeery slow, I’m very afraid to connect next clients and experience unavailability). Its quite stable, anyway, it works with serious limitations, but still - it works.
Haven’t tested other solutions on MT.
Totally agree, our company choose Mikrotik was due to the webpage said the product can support all kinds of VPN which of course what interest us most is the OpenVPN and IPSec.
I already had the problem to setup IPSec, after trying very hard for the last 5days and trying various example provided but still not working (http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/setup-ipsec-vpn-need-help/56249/1) and no help offered from Mikrotik support, not even a pointer to tell me where went wrong or how to troubleshoot !!! To me, it should be the most simple VPN setup [a mobile MacOS client access the Mikrotik IPSec so that he/she can access the company network]
As a backup plan, I was planning to propose to use OpenVPN instead, and when I see this post, I am totally “SAD” and “HOPELESS” and “EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED” !