IPsec Route Based VPN and remote VTI

[Michaelwright1900]

Hiya I've created several IPsec tunnels now between FortiGate and different vendors but have never been able to ping the Remote VTI interface across the tunnel is this possible? I ask the question because instead of advertising subnets from the remote site I want to use the remote VTI to do some dst-nat to remote devices instead. How it this possible if I cant ping or communicate with the remote vti. The tunnel is up and can reach remote subnets in example I have.

[Toshi_Esumi]

It's just a tunnel interface if you configured interface mode/route based IPSec on the remote side. As long as the returning route to the ping source is routine into to tunnel on the remote side, I don't see any reason not to be able to ping it through the tunnel regardless it's a FGT or other vendor's FW/router.