Hotspot controller for multiple subnets

RouterOS General
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We’ve recently taken control of a couple wireless networks that we’ve joined together which are using different subnets (let’s say 10.1.1.0/24 and 10.2.1.0/24). All the clients are configured with a static address, so no DHCP is in use. I would like to configure one hotspot controller to handle both of these networks (mainly MAC authentication and bandwidth restrictions), but I haven’t seen anything about a single hotspot handling multiple networks and thought I’d see if anyone had any success or problems trying to do something like this.

The access points are just some 802.11b bridges and the MAC of the client radio is coming through fine all the way to the router (in the ARP table), so authenticating by MAC shouldn’t be a problem.

Thanks.

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HotSpot is applied per entire interface, if multiple subnets are configured per one interface then it should work.

  • Setup HotSpot on local interface;
  • Disable Universal client, ip hotspot set 0 address-pool=none;
  • Add MAC-addresses to user list, if you wish to use MAC-authentication.
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HotSpot is the best aaa system i have erver seen. There no problem if client added some ip-address to his machine. HotSpot will “give” some ip-addres, such you want to. use ip binding and add user with fixed mac (ip, username, password). works fine, i have more than 10 HS, all works fine.

regards,
C. G.

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Thanks for the replies. I assumed it would work as sergejs said, but it’s good to get confirmation (especially about assumptions :slight_smile: )