MikroTik L2TP VPN SetupDuring my efforts to establish an L2TP VPN on our MikroTik RouterOS I poured over countless guides and tutorials. So when I finally had a working VPN what did I do? Wrote my own guide of course! This guide uses the WebFig interface, but the principles apply to WinBox as well.The biggest problem I faced during this configuration was the Phase2 IPsec Policy Proposal.
After identifying this as the roadblock I used trial and error to identify a policy that worked with High Sierra’s L2TP over IPsec VPN interface. This is not to say that this is the only configuration that will work, but this is the one that I found to work with system I had available for testing.Create PPP ProfilePPP Profiles Add NewName: Local Address: Remote Address: Bridge: InternalCreate PPP UserPPP Secrets Add NewName: Password: Service: anyProfile: Create L2TP Server BindingPPP Interface Add New L2TP Server BindingName: User: Enable L2TP ServerPPP Interface L2TP ServerDefault Profile: Use IPsec: yesPassword: Add Firewall Rules to allow IPsecIP Firewall Add NewRule 1Chain: inputProtocol: 50 (ipsec-esp)In. Interface: ether1Action: acceptRule 2Chain: inputProtocol: 17 (udp)Dst. Port: 500,1701,4500In.
Interface: ether1Action: acceptMove these Rules above any Drop rules. Edit IPsec default Policy ProposalEnabling the L2TP Server will create an IPsec Peer which uses the default policy. It is necessary to edit the default profile to connect to the VPN with a Mac.IP IPsec Policy Proposals defaultAuth.
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