In this post, we’ll see how to configure the PPTP server on Mikrotik.
Login to the Mikrotik RouterOS via Winbox and go to the
IP —> Pool:
Click on the “
Plus Symbol” to add new pool, Name it whatever you want (like I named it
pptp-pool), add the address range (
192.168.10.10-192.168.10.20, in my case), then hit
OK:
Now go to the
PPP Section. Click “
PPTP Server” and check the
Enabled:
While still on the
PPP window, switch to the “
Profiles” tab. Click on the plus sign to create new profile, Name it whatever you want (like I use
pptp-profile), set the pool that we have created earlier for “
Local Address” AND “
Remote address“, then press
OK.
Now switch to the “
Secrets” tab of the
PPP
window. Click on the plus sign to create new user, add the name(which
act as username), password and profile that we have created in the
previous step:
Click on the
IP —> Firewall:
From the “
Filter Rules” tab, add the new rule. Set the chain to
input, protocol to
tcp and Dst. port to
1723:
Switch to the
Action tab and set it to
accept, then Click
OK:
Add another new rule. Set the chain to
input and protocol to
gre:
Switch to the
Action tab and set it to
accept, then Click
OK:
Note: Drag these two rules ABOVE THE DEFAULT “drop” RULE
PPTP Client Setup on Windows 7:
From “
Control Panel“, select the “
Network and Sharing Center” and then choose “
Set up a new connection or network“:
On the next window, choose “
Connect to a workplace“:
Choose “
Use my Internet Connection (VPN)” from the next window:
Type the Public IP address or hostname of your Mikrotik, on the next window:
Next type your VPN username/password and after that click
Connect:
Connection usually takes a minute to connect, upon successfully connected, will show you the message “
You are connected“:
Verify the pptp logs on Mikrotik by hitting
Log:
Ping any internal host:
NOTE: Sometimes, there is a problem to access other hosts on the LAN from the VPN. The solution to this problem is to set up the
proxy-arp on the local interface that connect to your LAN:
