• Building hotspot With Mikrotik

    Web & Programming 18.09.2008

    The MikroTik HotSpot Gateway enables providing of public network access for clients using wireless or wired network connections.

    HotSpot Gateway features:

    • authentication of clients using local client database, or RADIUS server
    • accounting using local database, or RADIUS server
    • Walled-garden system (accessing some web pages without authorization)

    Quick Setup Guide

    The most noticeable difference in user experience setting up HotSpot system in version 2.9 from the previous RouterOS versions is that it has become in order of magnitude easier to set up a correctly working HotSpot system.

    Given a router with two interfaces: Local (where HotSpot clients are connected to) and Public, which is connected to the Internet. To set up HotSpot on the Local interface:

    1. first, a valid IP config is required on both interfaces. This can be done with /setup command. In this example we will assume the configuration with DHCP server on the Local interface
    2. valid DNS configuration must be set up in the /ip dns submenu
    3. To put HotSpot on the Local interface, using the same IP address pool as DHCP server uses for that interface: /ip hotspot add interface=local address-pool=dhcp-pool-1
    4. and finally, add at least one HotSpot user: /ip hotspot user add name=admin

    These simple steps should be sufficient to enable HotSpot system.

    Posted by Ikhwan Arief @ 2:09 am

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