Hi all
i’m using mikrotik 3.3 with hotspot but the problem is i cant ping any other host in the network (not after the hotspot) i cant ping any computer in the network only if i disable the hotspot service its like the hotspot prevent any body to see any body and this is not logic cuz we r in the same LAN and no need for the getaway (hotspot getaway)
is there any thing to solve this problem
Regards
You will be able to access only the clients that are either logged in or bypassed. And only if you did not select “masquerade network? yes” in the hotspot setup.
i disable the masquerade network and the problem still the same and i think the LAN access is p2p no need for the server i can access it with the server so why the server black that connections
thnks
Unless the client is logged in, or the ip/mac address is bypassed in “/ip hotspot ip-binding”, the hotspot blocks everything. Everything except the walled garden and the login page. It does not block your request inbound. It blocks the response outbound.
2 thing
first this is not happened before
second can u answer me the LAN connection occur on the layer 2 and the hoptspot on the layer 3 how that come??
thanks
That I can’t answer. My experience with the hotspot is that it blocks about everything outbound unless the client ip/mac is logged in or bypassed.
Do you mean other devices in the same network as the hotspot? I noticed this as well and I assumed it was some kind of MAC trick the hotspot plays intentionally to keep people from accessing other devices on the network.
I think it is meant to be that way.
Yes all computer in the same network the same lan and with the same network address 192.168.1.0/24 the hotspot is 192.168.1.1 and my computer is 192.168.1.10 and i cant ping and other computer like 192.168.1.20
plllllllllllllz help
Is the localnet wired or wireless? If wired, how do you distribute the connection? Do you use a MT router with the interfaces bridged, or a separate hub/switch?
The hotspot should only block non-local requests, and requests to the hotspot gateway. I could be wrong with the newer OS versions, but local requests should not be affected. Are your localnet ips issued by dhcp? If so, can you post “/ip dhcp-server network print”.
the loaclnet is wired and we r using a switch for all clint ,there is no bridged in the LAN,we r using DHCP in the LAN but the same problem is i use static IP
thanks
Just as a test, try unplugging the hotspot interface from the switch after all is up and running. Can you ping other localnet computers then?
yes if i unplug the wire of the hotspot form switch or just disable the hotspot server in the mikrotik i can ping other host
plz help me with that
thanks
I just checked my hotspot, and I can ping other localnet computers with the hotspot enabled, even if I am not logged in. Maybe something in your setup. Please post
“/ip address print” and “/ip dhcp-server network print”
this is my setup and what u want
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0 ;;; hotspot network
172.172.0.0/16 172.172.0.1
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0 172.172.0.1/16 172.172.0.0 172.172.255.255 LAN
That is not what your setup shows. I see 172.172.x.x/16 addresses. Are you sure the client computers are using 192.168.1.x? Check “/ip hotspot profile” and see what ip is listed for the hotspot.
no i use as an example the address 192.168.1.1 my setup what i post for u
waiting for u
Can you ping the other computers if you are logged in to the hotspot?
no i cant ping other computer even when i login.
i can ping other computer just when i disable the hotspot server
Note…
i’m using ROS 3.21
The last thing I can suggest is to insure the hotspot setup was correct. It seems there are some required entries incomplete. I see no dns servers in “/ip dhcp-server network”. Insure there are dns servers in “/ip dns”. I also see there is no public (or wan) ip assignment in “/ip address”. And a default route to the internet in “/ip route”. Those are required according to the docs. Read the “Quick Setup Guide” section here:
http://www.mikrotik.com/testdocs/ros/2.9/ip/hotspot.php
Maybe someone else can add more.
Im tellin ya, Im pretty sure that the hotspot intentionally plays tricks on the local network to keep devices from easily talking to each other. I think it is a feature, not a problem.