Hotspot authentication page, automatic add users?

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hi

I’ve currently have a open wireless network with a hotspot function, users can connect with the open wireless network and have then 2 options

  • your mac address is listed and the device authenticates straight away
  • you are presented with a security page where you can enter a username and password

I want to get rid of the manual works by having to add mac adresses for my co-workers each time, so this is the idea

WPA2 secured wireless network, user is presented with a login page where they only have to click ‘accept terms’

I would still like to see the individual users in the list as in this manor I can throttle a single user who is consuming all the bandwidth.

Is there an option to have the users automatically added to the Users list>?

Thanks!

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Just create a single user in your userman (or similar) and then have the username and password for that user pushed to the login process automatically. That way all who negotiate through the initial form are authenticated in the background.

You can either do it like this:

<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=login?username=myUsername&password=myPassword">
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="-1">
</head><body></body></html>

Or you can have them as hidden input entries in the form you use on your form you use to click to accept terms.

From there I add all users to a database which can be checked each time a client logs in to ensure they have been on before.