wireless hotspot

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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hi,

i have created two wireless hotspots in my MT somehow i have to enter the address of the login page manually. it does not take the user to the login page automatically when the user is connected or is browsing.

please help.

2

If you disable the hotspot, can you access the internet ok?

3

i want to use hotspot for users to login. earlier it used to take them to the login page automatically but now it does not now. tried creating new hotspot configuration but no use .

4

i have gone through same problem.. If you have hotspot configured and WAN (Internet ) connection is off then it will not redirect automatically. Plug WAN inside and then try. let me know..

Thx

5

my other wired connections are working fine. it is just that i have to type in the login page address manually after that everything works fine.

thanks

6

Can you post “/ip hotspot profile”? There are a couple entries that are important. “hotspot-address” and “dns-name”.

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  • name=“Diamond” hotspot-address=192.168.3.1 dns-name=“Diamond” html-directory=hotspot
    rate-limit=“128k/128k” http-proxy=0.0.0.0:0 smtp-server=0.0.0.0
    login-by=cookie,http-chap http-cookie-lifetime=3d split-user-domain=no
    use-radius=no

MT has a static dns entry for name resolution

thanks

8

Just as a test, remove the dns-name setting
/ip hotspot profile
set X dns-name=“”
…and try it again.
Is there anything appearing in the address bar of your browser when it tries to redirect to the login page?
Web browsers require a FQDN, like www.diamond.com

ADD: If you want to use a domain, use something like “dns-name=hotspot.yourdomain.com” and put that in “/ip dns static”.

9

if the dns name is set when i enter the ip address to login it changes it to the dns name otherwise there is no diference. in the NAT settings jump pre-unauth is shown as invalid screen shot below

there is already a static entry in MT.

thanks.
grab.tiff (46 KB)

10

The hotspot doesn’t really require much to set up.
/ip address
/ip route
/ip firewall nat (masquerade)
/ip dns (allow-remote-requests=yes)
/ip dhcp-server

At this point I check the internet connection. Then if it works ok, I set up the hotspot.
/ip hotspot setup
I use special entries during the setup.
masquerade network = no
security certificate=none

Does the redirect try to go to a http:// or https:// protocol address?

ADD: Note I added /ip route and /ip firewall nat above. Forgot those!

11

the internet setup works fine for wired lan. it also works for the wireless hotspot but it does take the users to the hotspot login page for the wireless automatically. i have to key in the address manually.

it redirects to http. unauthenticated users should be taken to the hotspot login page but it does not

thanks

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What version RouterOS are you using? What do you enter in your browser address bar to get the login page? What is showing in the address bar when it should be redirecting to the login page? See any difference in them?

Then maybe if you post
/ip address print
/ip route print
/ip firewall nat print

You can x out the first few numbers in any public addresses if you wish.
If I start having trouble with a hotspot install, I remove it and start over. Have you tried that?

ADD: I just noticed your original post mentions two hotspots. You only showed the profile entry for one. Maybe posting the other profile for the second hotspot would help us find the problem.