Connect a router to the router

martintzvetomirov · July 23, 2013, 10:08pm

Hi guys I’ve never personally used MikroTik, but my ISP does, so here’s the deal.

They provide us with an ethernet outlet which works fine with the WIFI only router that they provide (it acts like a switch I think). The issue is that I need to log in from every device that I connect to the router separately. Even worst, they have put a limit of the maximum sessions per user name, so I can’t connect more than 2 devices at the same time (but I’ve got a laptop, a smartphone and a tablet). I know they are using MikroTik because once I log in, I get redirected to the MikroTik status page.

Since I want to use the connection with my RaspberryPi as well, I don’t want to log in to MikroTik every time I connect. And in the same time I wanted to have more than 2 devices connected at the same time. So I got a linksys router. I’ve plugged in the cable coming from my ISP to the router’s Internet port and voilà at first it seemed to work (I’ve setup the router for automatic IP acquisition via DHCP client and I’ve got an internal DHCP server for the local LAN that the router creates). When I log in once with my PC, I do get internet on my tablet and phone without having to log in on each device. The issue is that after about 2 minutes it seems like MikroTik drops the session and asks to enter the log in details again.

So do you guys know what could be causing this? What can be making MikroTik drop the session when I’m using it behind a router?

I am not familiar how MikroTik keeps track of a session but it seems like something tells it that the session could have ended. What do you think could be the cause and what do you think could I do?

jandafields · July 26, 2013, 10:54pm

martintzvetomirov:

Hi guys I’ve never personally used MikroTik, but my ISP does, so here’s the deal.

They provide us with an ethernet outlet which works fine with the WIFI only router that they provide (it acts like a switch I think). The issue is that I need to log in from every device that I connect to the router separately. Even worst, they have put a limit of the maximum sessions per user name, so I can’t connect more than 2 devices at the same time (but I’ve got a laptop, a smartphone and a tablet). I know they are using MikroTik because once I log in, I get redirected to the MikroTik status page.

Since I want to use the connection with my RaspberryPi as well, I don’t want to log in to MikroTik every time I connect. And in the same time I wanted to have more than 2 devices connected at the same time. So I got a linksys router. I’ve plugged in the cable coming from my ISP to the router’s Internet port and voilà at first it seemed to work (I’ve setup the router for automatic IP acquisition via DHCP client and I’ve got an internal DHCP server for the local LAN that the router creates). When I log in once with my PC, I do get internet on my tablet and phone without having to log in on each device. The issue is that after about 2 minutes it seems like MikroTik drops the session and asks to enter the log in details again.

So do you guys know what could be causing this? What can be making MikroTik drop the session when I’m using it behind a router?

I am not familiar how MikroTik keeps track of a session but it seems like something tells it that the session could have ended. What do you think could be the cause and what do you think could I do?

They have you using a Mikrotik HotSpot. The HotSpot is designed so that every device has to login seperately.

martintzvetomirov · July 27, 2013, 9:47am

Precisely That’s the issue. That’s why I’m trying to plug in a linksys router with NAT to avoid that. And this is where the problem occurs. I keep getting asked for login details every couple of clicks. I’m starting to suspect they could be using TTL detection but I’m not sure if it is possible that’s why I’m asking the MikroTik experts.