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The MikroTik HotSpot Gateway provides authentication for clients before access to public networks.
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Hotspot (captive portal) - uses web-proxy and it is capable of using only the default routing table, at the moment. Making the PCC(per connection-classifier) not a valid method, due to the, multiple routing tables used. |
HotSpot Gateway features:
- different authentication methods of clients, using a local client database on the router, or remote RADIUS server;
- users accounting in a local database on the router, or on remote RADIUS server;
- a walled-garden system, access to some web pages without authorization;
- login page modification, where you can put information about the company;
- automatic and transparent change any IP address of a client to a valid address;
- starting from v6.48 HotSpot can inform DHCP clients that they are behind a captive portal (RFC7710);
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| Parameters | Description |
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| mac-address (read-only; MAC-address) | HotSpot user MAC-address |
| address (read-only; IP address) | HotSpot client original IP address |
| to-address (read-only; IP address) | The new client address assigned by HotSpot might be the same as the original address |
| server (read-only; name) | HotSpot server name client is connected to |
| bridge-port (read-only; name) | "/interface bridge port" the client is connected to, value is unknown when HotSpot is not configured on the bridge |
| uptime (read-only; time) | value shows how long the user is online (connected to the HotSpot) |
| idle-time (read-only; time) | time user has been idle |
idle-timeout (read-only; time) | value of the client idle-timeout (unauthorized client) |
| keepalive-timeout (read-only; time) | keepalive-timeout value of the unauthorized client |
| bytes-in (read-only; integer) | amount of bytes received from an unauthorized client |
| packet-in (read-only; integer) | amount of packets received from an unauthorized client |
| bytes-out (read-only; integer) | amount of bytes sent to an unauthorized client |
| packet-out (read-only; integer) | amount of packets sent to an unauthorized client |
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/ip/hotspot/cookie |
| Property | Description |
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| domain (string) | The domain name (if split from the username) |
| expires-in (time) | How long the cookie is valid |
| mac-address (MAC) | Client's MAC-address |
| user (string) | HotSpot username |
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