PPPoE with Hotspot

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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I’ve set up RouterOS on a box. I’m planning to offer free or paid WiFi access through Hotspot.

The Hotspot seems to be working just fine (on the bench connected to a cable pipe) with different user profiles, i.e. free, paid or unlimited, etc. Even though the cable connection is DHCP.

But,I plan to use the box at a DSL PPPoE pipe with dynamic addressing.
At the DSL PPPoE with a different box, I’ve tried putting their modem (AT&T) in bridge mode to eliminate the extra NAT.
Which I believe can break a few apps.

My dilemna is:

Since I’ve got a DSL PPPoE pipe with non-static IP addressing. I was informed I could run PPPoE on the RouterOS box.

My question is: Can I still use the HotSpot login page with local authentication (not-radius).
Do I simply install a PPPoE client on the RouterOS “public” interface connected to their gateway/modem?
I’m not clear as to whether or not I need to put both a PPPoE server AND client on the Box with Hotspot.
I guess a Static address would solve the problem, but it’s not my call to pay the slight extra for Static IP.
Thanks

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Hi, you can have both Hotspot and PPoE in the same Mikrotik, but it’s recommended to have each one in a different interface.

3

So, If I put the PPPoE client on the Wan and use Hotspot on Lan, that’s all it takes?
The question was: Do I need both a client and Server PPPoE?
Thanks

4

Yes you can.

Yes.

No you do not. Your mikrotik box is a pppoe client (for wan) as well as a hotspot server (for lan). That’s fine.

5

I should have thought those questions through beforehand, common sense.
Thanks for the help.