How can i setup a web server on Mikrotik router.
I want to upload the html files and then be able to acces the website.
like how u go. 192.168.1.1/userman
i wana go 192.168.1.1/forum or /site and it must load my site
Can i do this? Im sure its possible. if it does it for hotspot.
Look Zapa: It’s a router.
How much do you want it to do ?
More important : how much will you pay ?
If you want a Web Server, get a PC or Single board equivalent, like ALIX.
Install Linux.
Install Apache (probably came with Linux)
Mikrotik is about Routers currently, although they seem to have some idea about Switches too.
You can do what you want with a routerboard, but it depends on the toad, and what you are prepared to sacrifice.
AS much as it possibly can!
This is not just a router, Its a mikrotik one, they do every thing[*]
Nothing, thats why i want to do it on the mikrotik that i currently have, Yes you can just get apache but then u need a computer and its gona run the whole time. If possible why not just have it on your mikrotik, It makes more sense in regards to reliability, cost and power consumption.
I just thought that if it does it for hotspot it could be done for some thing else. Upload the files to File manager then create a firewaall rule and it should just work…
I don’t think you can serve much more than just static files and it won’t support too many concurrent users, probably RouterOS isn’t optimized to be used in that way. Also, I don’t know if RouterOS license will allow you to do that.
Regards,
Yea it will probably only support HTML.
but if it can be done with hot spot. it should be doable ?
The short answer: no.
slightly longer answer: maybe
try installing a metarouter with an Openwrt image and see if you can get somthing like lighttpd running.
if you can, it supports PHP through the FastCGI hook.
If you want Cheap, Free and Easy all in the same box, please let me know when you stumble across the Holy Grail.
Unfortunately (?) those three tend not to come together.
That sucks.
That sucks.
did you try the otyher one ?
slightly longer answer: maybe
yea, i know how to do it on a pc.
I just though these mikrotik routers would be able to do it aswell. I think they should make a webserver function.
I meant they have ftp, web server for hot spot & userman,
Like im not talking huge forums running php with data base.
But it would be nice to store your ISP’s technical documents and that on the router so you minimise international traffic.
if you use hotspot, you do have access to the web files in the hotspot folder. I guess you can upload some PDFs there then
only if u using hotspot?
if MY users are using PPPoE >
Cant i create a folder under hotspot called. SUPPORT
Then under there put all my .pdf files.
Then they just go 192.168.1.1/support
No.
but with hot spot you can?
Yes.
Did you try a MetaRouter using either the BusyBox httpd or lighthtpd ?
What did you get ?
MetaRouter is a Mikrotik virtual router thing, with an Image (e.g OpenWRT) running - not a PC.
To be honest, i can’t be bothered anymore. Fewi said the same in less words.
Your question is inane.
If you make money from what you do, you should be prepared to put something back into the infrastructure you maintain.
The idea of having a router/webserver/games server/web cache/dns cache/Asterisk server is just plain silly - especially when you buy a very resonable priced router.
What if that router gets busy ? Ditch the web server ? Keep the web server and ditch the Routing ?
The idea of messing about with a router for Months to save maybe 40 euros on, say, a UBNT RouterStation to act as a hardly-used web server is just not worth pursuing - especially whan you are making money from your reasonably priced routers.
Try asking the same question on the Cisco forum.
Can the ubnt powerstation be a web server?
RouterOS can have a web server if you use Metarouter functionality, to install a secondary OS as a virtual machine ( a metarouter )