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VPN Passthrough using a VPN Service?

Mon Mar 06, 2023 12:19 am

I'm looking at setting up something like NordVPN or ProtonVPN on a Mikrotik hEX router in FRONT of my main router. Both of those services provide instructions for setting up their VPN service on a Mikrotik. See https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivit ... ordVPN.htm and https://protonvpn.com/support/vpn-mikrotik-router

So far I've tested the ProtonVPN service (because they offer a free trial) and it works but performance is not good. I think it's related to the free version of the service. My decision as to which service I go with will be based in part on performance, but more importantly on if I can use the service without interfering with my existing VPN endpoints.

So my question is, how to I setup VPN passthrough for my VPNs within the main VPN tunnel? Is it just a NAT rule, or port forwarding? Is this where split tunneling comes in? I've read this https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/IKEv2_EA ... the_tunnel, but I'm not sure what to do for my situation.

While I'm not sure I quite drew things the way I need to, attached is a diagram of what I'm trying to achieve (I think). Basically I think I want to just passthrough what will be the traffic from 2 VPN's within the main VPN traffic stream to the router behind the Mikrotik, which will have a private IP address, not the public one.

For what it's worth, my main router is a Sonicwall TZ300, which provides content filtering, AV, antispam, etc. I'm not finding any VPN service that allows me to use it's VPN capabilities, which is why I'm looking to setup a Mikrotik in front of it. Although Sonicwall does support IPSEC/IKE2, I can't find a service that indicates they support it or have instructions on setting it up. If there's a good VPN service out there that supports Sonicwall, I'd certainly be interested in hearing about it since it would make things easier...
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