Tag: hotspot

Recently I was doing some work for a hotel that supplies a ‘Smart TV’ device with Netflix and other functions in every room. These rooms are in turn all connected to a hotspot network and the TV’s all needed to be given internet access. As this was (as sometimes occurs) an unexpected addition to the … Continue reading Automatic bypass of hotspot devices based on MAC Address →

The following is a short but useful script which allows your system note to output recent info regarding router health and/or other details you might be interested in. Special thanks to Werner Venter for showing me the  ‘Cool Console‘ script which was modified and extended upon for this post.

This script comes from the final slide of my recent MUM presentation on RouterOS scripting It allows you to assign a data limit to trial hotspot users and: a) have them kicked offline upon reaching this limit b) create a temporary user to stop them from being able to log back in again This is … Continue reading Add a data limit to trial hotspot users →

Came across an interesting (yet to be verified) bug today. The info: RouterOS v4.10 running on x86 server Site runs both a hotspot and PPPoE server on the same interface. Users can decide to login via the captive portal (which most do) or for those who understand and wish to use a pppoe connection, they … Continue reading Bug spotting – PPPoE and Hotspot →

In preparation for some IPv6 testing of our hotspot systems, I’ve come up with the following temporary authentication method for dual-stacked users. Seeing as the login redirect goes via an IPv4 webserver, if enabled IPv6 traffic passes by the hotspot unhindered. This is my work on enabling the IPv6 side of things when a user … Continue reading Mikrotik Hotspot Authentication for IPv6 dual-stacked clients →