Setup

MikroTik Router Setup

You have a MikroTik router and a Premium account. In a few minutes your whole network can run through the VPN, and you'll barely touch the thing.

You need the router on RouterOS 7, and either WinBox or WebFig to get into it.

How much of your network goes through the VPN?

This is the only real choice. If you're not sure, the first one is what you want.

Whole router. Everything on your network goes through Ping VPN. You don't need to know anything about how the router is wired. Pick this unless you have a reason not to.

My LAN only. Maybe you run more than one network on this router: a guest Wi‑Fi, some cameras, another VPN. This sends only your main network through and leaves the rest alone. You choose which one by adding it to the router's LAN list.

Tunnel only. It brings the connection up and stops there. The routing is yours to do.

Get the config

Add one. Pick a server, set the device to Router, and create it. Choose your mode, then download. You'll get a small file, named something like pingvpn-nairobi.rsc.

Want to read it before you run it? Use Preview and copy. It shows you the whole script.

Load it onto the router

Open WinBox and drag the file into Files. Then open a New Terminal and run this:

/import file-name=pingvpn-nairobi.rsc

No red lines means it worked. You're done.

Copied the script instead of downloading it? Paste it into the terminal. Same result.

Check that it worked

Open ipleak.net on any device behind the router. If it shows the VPN server's location instead of yours, you're through.

Behind the router matters. The VPN covers devices connected to this router, through its Wi‑Fi or its LAN ports. A phone still on your old Wi‑Fi, or on the modem's own network, is not going through it. If a device keeps showing your normal location, check which network it's on before anything else.

Ads too: open vpn.ping.africa/adblock-check and run the check.

Good to know

If the server ever goes down, your internet keeps working. The router notices and falls back to your normal connection by itself. A problem on our end won't take your network offline.

Want it gone? There's a Remove from router button. One file, and every trace of Ping VPN is off the router.

You can run the config again whenever you like, to switch servers or change modes. It clears the old setup out first, so nothing stacks up.

A word on speed

A small router does the encryption on a small processor, so it tops out below your raw line speed. That's the router, not the VPN. A more powerful one goes faster.

And keep the server close. One in your own country will beat one on the far side of the world, and it isn't close.

If a line ever errors on import, copy it and the message and send it to support@ping.africa. The script is checked for RouterOS 7, so it's rare.