⚠ Information in this post is outdated since the launch of PIA's ‘Next-Gen' VPN network in 2020, sunsetting the then-existing set-up ⚠ |
First create a vpn profile to use when creating l2tp/pptp connections
to privateinternetaccess.
/ppp profile add change-tcp-mss=yes \ comment="PIA VPN" \ dns-server=209.222.18.222,209.222.18.218 \ name=privateinternetaccess only-one=no \ use-compression=no use-encryption=required \ use-ipv6=no use-mpls=no use-upnp=no
Create the l2tp interface
/interface l2tp-client add \ comment="PIA VPN Netherlands" \ connect-to=nl.privateinternetaccess.com \ disabled=no name=pia-de-l2tp \ profile=privateinternetaccess \ user=[l2tp-username] \ password=[l2tp-password]
[l2tp-username]
Your PIA username for l2tp/pptp/socks connections beginning with ‘x' (not ‘p'!)- [l2tp-password] Your PIA password for l2tp/pptp/socks connections
Create a firewall mangle rule to mark ipv4 traffic we want to
go through the VPN.
/ip firewall mangle add \ action=mark-routing \ chain=prerouting \ comment="PIA VPN Netherlands" \ new-routing-mark="PPTP RM" \ passthrough=yes \ src-address=[ip-range-to-forward-through-vpn]
[ip-range-to-forward-through-vpn]
- Fx. 192.168.1.0/24 or 192.168.1.2-192.168.1.254
Create the NAT rule and tell it to use the VPN interface.
/ip firewall nat add \ action=masquerade chain=srcnat \ comment="PIA VPN Netherlands" \ out-interface=pia-de-l2tp
Create a corresponding default route to match the previous NAT
rule. Which only get used when IPv4 traffic has been marked with
‘PPTP RM'.
/ip route add \ comment="PIA VPN Netherlands" \ disabled=yes distance=1 \ gateway=pia-de-l2tp routing-mark="PPTP RM"
Now you should see traffic from clients in the IPv4 range
of [ip-range-to-forward-through-vpn]
go through the VPN.
NB: If you want to use another country apart from Netherlands. Check out Private Internet Access list of locations here: PIA VPN Tunnel Network
Thanks man, worked nicely.
Hi, Neat post.