Say, even with NAT rule I don’t get packets coming back. I’m forwarding Telnet port 2300 to 23 on the 2nd mikrotik as per this rule:
chain=dstnat action=dst-nat to-addresses=192.168.2.1 to-ports=23 protocol=tcp dst-port=2300
any suggestions please?
Hard to say with that little detail.
Does the second router have a route back to the originating IP address? Are firewall filters not dropping the traffic?
Ideally post a network diagram and the following output from both routers: “/ip address print detail”, “/ip route print detail”, “/ip firewall export”.
Lets assume the routers were setup out of the box.
What would I need to ensure packets can get back please?
Insert a route on router 2 to the traffic originator back through router 1. This could be a default route.