I have 2 internet connections on my Mikrotik router.
To decide which is used for outgoing connections I use Mangle prerouting rules.
1st rule to add a Connection Mark to new connections and 2nd rule to add corresponding Routing Mark.
Finally I have different Routing tables.
Here comes my question:
My routing connects to a VPN server (free-nl.hide.me).
I want that a specific internet connection is used for that VPN connection.
How do I have to define my rule to catch this connection for adding a connection mark? I can’t use the IP “dst. address” because it is not constant…
Step1: create a static host route to whatever IP address the VPN endpoint currently uses - make the GW be the preferred IP address. Place a useful comment on this route such as “VPN”
Step2: copy this route into all of your routing tables
Step3:
You could write a script that runs every minute and does a :resolve on your VPN peer’s hostname, and then update the GW address of your static routes having the comment “VPN”
I also thought about a cyclic script solution similar to your suggestion… but I wondered if there isn’t a “clean” solution for that problem.
What about the “Proxy” setting of the VPN connection. Maybe it’s possible to abuse this for forcing a specific internet gateway!?