I have following setup in my lab to reproduce the problem:
The Mikrotik has the Internet connection and is running a DHCP Server and Hotspot Server. A layer 3 switch which connects the clients and also provides a DHCP Relay.
e.g.:
Internet – Hotspot Mikrotik - (10.0.0.0/24)- Layer3 Switch - (10.0.1.0/24) - Clients
If I set shared-users=unlimited it works until I use VRRP on the Layer 3 switch in the transit network (10.0.0.0/24) to the Mikrotik. If I do this, the user can authenticate but the redirecting webpage is redirecting in a loop. What can I do to work around this problem?
ps: I only have trial Users as I just need to show webpage to make sure the user accepts the house rules … I know that there are ways around, but as it is free anyway I don’t care.
pps: This is only the lab setup, in the real world I’ve a big network (with many Layer3 Switches) which does not allow to make one Layer2 network for the hotspot feature, and it is also not possible to bring a Mikrotik to every Layer2 location as we’re using a enterprise network as basis and this is only on application over it.