I’ve just bought a level 6 license after seeing how well MT runs compared to the old software I was running, but I noticed a few potential issues. First of all, the pages for the user manager are locked out? I customised the login page with our company logo etc, but there doesnt seem to be a way to do this with the signup process?
Secondly, whilst it is evident that the user manager is essentially a Radius server, I am not sure whether this stores details normally or uses a MySQL or similar database. If it does use a database is there some way to access it as i have one or two web applications I would be interested in linking to it.
I would be grateful if someone were to shed some light on this,
yes i know, does Mikrotik planning to customizing... ? .... when or next in v4....
i remember, long time ago this problem as this subject ... or will make branding...?
I was wondering if there are any plans in the near future to open the UM database so one could write your own customised GUI.
I’m at a point where I need to make a huge decision. Either I stick with UM for another month or two and live with certain limitations (with regards to customising the interface), or purchase a full function RADIUS manager like DMASoftlabs’ RADIUS MANAGER.
I would prefer to make use of UM since it’s so straight forward to do scripting in MT, but our needs and clients’ demands are unfortunetaly growing.
Mikrotik for me is a much better platform to build upon. It’s a small but very affective system.
If a MT router / UM had to crash for whatever reason, a new one could be up and running within 10minutes including all your scripts and special tweaks.
If a RADIUS server had to crash, you may not be so lucky, even with RAID, backups and more backups.
First prize is defnitely MT UM, but we do need some interfacing with the DB to step it up one more level to fit our individual needs.
The ability to change the colours and add pictures would be a bonus, but should be done right at the end I reckon.
More important now is to finish off the groups and dropdown menus etc. It would be awesome if you could add your own custom dropdown menu’s and fields and also remove unused fields.
If you have a look at DMASoftlab, they got the “profiles” working very nicely with their “SERVICES” function. DMASoft is designed for the WISP application but could also be used for hotspots. The downside, for me, about DMA is the fact that it runs off Linux and not as a standalone like Usermanager and Mikrotik.
The aestetics of UM is not that important right now, the functionality is far more important.
I would like to build in a limited accounting function into UM (invoicing etc). If I decide to go with DMA, I also have to build that functionality in, so I’d rather do it on UM so we have everything in one place.
So what do we really want?
Ability to add, remove, move buttons, dropdown menus etc on the UM page
Ability to code the above buttens/functions using scripting (similar or same to normal MT scripting)
Abiity to access (read and write) the Usermanager Database.
Ability to add more tables to the current UM DB. (For example add a boolean table: “AcccountPaid” which could be used to disable that user if still unpaid after 10 days etc)
The development team has focused a lot on Hotspot tickets etc, which is nice for hotspot users, but we don’t really have a use for it. We need a system where a secratary could login and in layman’s terms see a user reached his/het cap limit, add another 2GB, invoice and move over to the next client. Whatever system we use, DMA etc, we would have to recode many parts anyway. If I could have my way I’d much rather start from scratch and build upon the Usermanager system and build the complete accounting function to my needs, and my needs are more than likely the same as another 500+ South African WISP’s.
Ah I hadn’t realised the topic had picked up so much steam while I was away. I bought a copy of DMASoft’s Radius Manager - as it seemed to have a lot of features user manager doesnt - but once i had a copy of it i wished i’d never bought it. The software itself runs pretty well, with the ability to create tickets easily, set up different services without trouble etc. But there were glitches in it that I didnt like (for instance prices must be displayed in USD, only supports american credit cards) i also receive an error every time I try to pay by paypal, som i’m looking for a refund and i’m going to go back to user manager - it’s very interesting the developments you are going to make - will we have the ability to edit the pags directly / templates (like in the splash page) or will we have to define things such as colours and images in a CSS file / GUI?
Is it possible with the new UM to add more variables? I’m specifically trying to add a secondary E-Mail address to a client’s profile (one to send usage statistics to and another to send invoices to).
It is also crytical for me to have more variable fields for scripting purposes. Currently people like me and Krige is using the comment field for variables, but it is real hard to do it that way, because the length of variables are not always the same.
Cosmetic changes such as logo’s etc is a nice to have but not as essential at this point, for us at least.
if you can write your own GUI, what stops you making your own for any kind of RADIUS server?