Will idle-timeout automatically logoff wireless clients?

RouterOS General
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Hi Guys!

I have some desktop clients on my trial Hotspot and most of them are staying connected with their wireless connection even after they use the internet. I can see their connection still active on the DHCP active list with the idle-timeout just refreshing after every DHCP lease expiration.
I want to make sure that my client gets the correct “uptime” for internet connection only and not physical wireless connect time to the AP-HS.

Configuration:
internet -->(ether1) MT Hotspot (ether2) → Dlink AP → wireless clients
Enabled-Address method
DHCP Auth - Active on the Hotspot network.

Question 1:
will the “idle-timeout” automatically log-off idle clients (no internet traffic but still connected to wireless HS)?
Question 2:
is there a way to really disconnect idle clients to conserve IP addresses and make way for new leases?


Robert

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I’ve never really played with the idle timeout setting. But, you can use the “session timeout” to give them some sort of total time allowed per login. Then, set the lease times on your dhcpserver to a similar time (4,6,8 hours maybe) so you don’t have too many stale leases out there at any given time.