Mikrotik device as a L2TP/IPSec client

In the previous post we have shown a Mikrotik router as a L2TP/IPSec server. In this scenario, we are using either Windows clients or mobile devices based on Android or Apple iOS operating systems. Here is a new scenario – we may have a need to use another Mikrotik device as the VPN client.

The most common scenario is that you want to connect a remote network with a main network. Using the L2TP/IPSec VPN connection, you will have in the same time the routable tunnel and the full power of IPSec encryption.

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L2TP/IPSec for Road Warriors

In the sixth part of our Mikrotik IPSec series, we will cover the L2TP/IPSec scenario. This scenario is used to support “road warriors”, employees that need to work from home or while on the road.

This scenario is similar in some elements with the previous scenario, when one side is behind a NAT device. The main difference is that we use L2TP as the basic protocol and therefore we need to protect this VPN tunnel without encryption.