How to set time based SSID broadcasting on Mikrotik

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hi Guys

I am new to the forum. I have a strange question.

I want to set my RB951Ui-2HnD that the Wireless SSID is only broadcasted or active for specific times.

We will be using it in a canteen area, and I only want the network to be accessible and the SSID broadcasted at certain time slots.

Is this possible, and how will I go about getting this setup?

Regards

Rudolph

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Make two access-list rules; first one, to allow access during certain time and second on to deny access at all times. List order is important.

/interface wireless access-list
add comment="Allow access between 8am and 5pm" time=8h-17h,sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
add authentication=no comment="deny access" forwarding=no

The above rules will allow access between 8am and 5pm everyday while denying access at all other time.

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Set up two scripts, one to disable the wlan and one to enable it.
Set up scheduler to run the scripts as needed.

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user connected will be kicked off at 5pm?

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I’m not usually a “solve it with scripts” guy, but this is definitely the right occasion for a script.

Agree 100% with Aug’s suggestion.

One more script might be useful - script which checks current time, and if in the “on hours” it enables the wireless interface, else it disables the wireless interface

Set up a “boot time” job to run this third script in case the device is powered down for a while.

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Yes, all users will be kicked out at 5pm. You can modify the codes to reflect your preferred time by editing the value “time=8h-17h”