Hello everybody,

 

this is my 1st post.

 

I'm going to setup a VPN IPSec Site-to-Site between a TD-W9970 and a Fortigate 30E.

 

For this circumstance, I took the internet from the WAN, setting the router as "Wireless Router Mode" in the "Operation Mode" section. So no ADSL connectivity. But that matters little or nothing

 

VPN goes UP, on both side. But no ping/traceroute in both directions. Seems to be a routing problem. 

 

Firewall is off, for knowledge.

 

This is my umpteenth VPN, with Cisco, Fortigate, Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, but the first on a TP-Link Router.

 

And I bought on Amazon 8pcs of TD-9970

 

Do you have any suggestion?

 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

==== UPDATE ====

After some test, the problem still exists, but if I use DSL as WAN connection, VPN goes UP with traffic. 

So it's official. These routers have a bug.

 

10 VPN? But when ever!

And now I either send them back (with Amazon review) or use them as paperweights

 

 

==== UPDATE 2 ====

 

the router has an atiypical behavior: when I set up the VPN, as happens on many routers, it doesn't goes up immediately, but at first traffic request.

In fact, only when the first ping has sent with an IP address to remote subnet, VPN goes UP.... but this and next pings has no response.

 

So at first it seems that the routing is correct, but only to put the VPN in UP. Then zero traffic.