Is it possible to setup a MikroTik router to be a HotSpot but allow PPPoE traffic to pass through transparently? I have a centralized PPPoE server and need the HotSpot to allow all PPPoE traffic to bridge to it. I have been trying to get this to work for several days now with no luck.
If the hotspot is running on the bridge interface and your pppoe server is on the other side of the hotspot, then you will probably not get this to work. If you run a hotspot on a bridge (or other interface for that matter) and pppoe server on the same interface, then pppoe and hotspot live together just fine. Not what you wanted to hear, but that’s my experience.
Thats what I was figuring. I have made it work with the HotSpot and the PPPoE server on the same interface but not different.
I know that the HotSpot and PPPoE server can use the same DHCP. So here is another question, Can I make a MikroTik PPPoE server use an address pool from another server?
Well, you can’t use a pool on another MT, but if you let your radius manage the pool, then you can centralize that part of it. How to do that is very dependant on the radius server, but most modern radius servers can do that.