Because of the new dynamic rules in the hotspot setup, I cannot run a second network through the Mikrotik. The dst-nat rule that jumps traffic to the hotspot does not specify which interface the hotspot is running on. When you go through the hotspot setup you tell it what interface it is running on and the only dynamic rule that shows this is dst-smtp. I could put a rule in to let the traffic from my other interfaces through, but when I reboot the server the dynamic rules make themselve priority. What good would it do me then.
If you are wanting to allow one network (i.e. subnet) to bypass the hotspot, you can do that. Simply add that network/subnet at:
/ip hotspot ip-binding add address=x.x.x.x/24 type=bypassed
If you are using 2.8.x, that won’t work, but you can accomplish the same thing in the universal client config.
I tried your suggestion and I can’t get my computer to surf. I did however create the following and it works great.
/ ip hotspot walled-garden ip
add src-address=10.6.1.0/24 action=accept comment=“” disabled=no
I’m guessing this allows this network to bypass the hotspot.
By the way, version is 2.9.6
Thank you for you help.
I forgot to mention that you would, also, need to remove the dynamic entry under “/ip hotspot active” for the host(s) you wanted to affect with the ip-bindings entry.
Yup. It does the same thing (sort of). Actually, both your solution and my suggestion have the same effect. It is accomplished in a different way, though (I believe).
No problem.