Creation of a monthly Voucher, with data limit every X GB

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Good morning everybody.

I conducted an extensive search on the forum, but I couldn’t find an answer to my issue. To provide context, let me explain my scenario.

We’ve installed the Starlink Maritime High Performance antenna on our ships and are using the Mikrotik RB750Gr3 to limit and control this WiFi internet for the crew. We need this control because the crew consists of approximately 25 members, and the contracted Starlink data allowance is 1TB per month. Without control, they could easily deplete the entire allowance within 10 days.

The hotspot is configured and functioning, and we’ve limited the crew’s internet to 3Mbps download and 2Mbps upload. However, we want to create individual vouchers for the crew with a specific data limit each month. Our idea is to issue a 30GB voucher per crew member per month. The challenge is that we’d like the voucher to disconnect after every 1GB of usage, forcing the user to log in again. This configuration is a security measure. If we give the crew a full 30GB voucher, an inexperienced user might consume the entire quota in just 1 or 2 days. By disconnecting after each 1GB, they’ll be aware of their usage.

Creating multiple 1GB vouchers would be impractical due to the 25 crew members, resulting in 650 vouchers. Additionally, crew turnover occurs every 2 months.

Thank you.

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You could accomplish this using mikrotik only, however a cloud based hotspot solution would be much easier, something like splynx or mikroserv.

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Good Afternoon :blush:,

I am also on a ship with starlink and looking for the exact same set up but struggling to find something. I was using the QOS function on the router to monitor usage but this is very time consuming and not completely accurate. Did you find a way to issue vouchers ? Any help would be appreciated

Thanks