Two remote LAN connected via PPTP - Bonjour Problem

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Has anyone succeeded in configuring two remote Mikrotik routers connected via the internet with PPTP, so that the Bonjour protocol works between the two LAN.

EOIP seems an option but I fear that the traffic generated will be very heavy (unnecessary DHCP, broadcasts, …), I just need the Bonjour protocol to function.

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hi
you can do simply
you must run pptp in your router’s
set the same ip in two router’s
for example
MT(1),ip address=192.168.1.1/30
MT(2),ip address=192.168.1.2/30

if your lan in first router have ip address range 172.16.10.0/24 and in second router have 172.16.11.0/24,you must add this route in ip route:
in MT(1): /ip route add dst-address=172.16.11.0/24 gateway=192.168.1.2
in MT(2): /ip route add dst-address=172.16.10.0/24 gateway=192.168.1.1

with this config lan 1 and lan 2 connect toghether from pptp protocol.

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Thanks, but this config does not seem to allow Bonjour protocol (multicast). Bonjour is the Apple implementation of Zeroconf and mDNS.

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Hi Fredgr,

You partially answered your own question. Bonjour is multicast, so you’d need to use something that facilitates a bridge (like EoIP) or does multicast routing. MikroTik appears to support Multicast routing, but I’m not sure if Bonjour will support it.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Multicast_detailed_example

I hope this at least guides you in the right direction!

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Thank you.

I would however like to find a solution avoiding EOIP, as I suspect that configuration would generate far more traffic than requested just for the Bonjour protocol.

I would imagine a VPN connection of both networks, and a multicast configuration that would allow the Bonjour protocol to be routed.

Any help would be appreciated.