MikroTik RouterOS Device Mode: Home, Basic, and Advanced – and Their Impact on Hotspot Setup

MikroTik RouterOS Device Mode: Home, Basic, and Advanced – and Their Impact on Hotspot Setup
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MikroTik RouterOS offers flexible configuration options for everything from home routers to ISP-grade hotspots. When setting up your MikroTik device, you’ll see a Device Mode option in Quick Set — allowing you to choose between Home, Basic, or Advanced modes. These modes define how much control you have over the [...]

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MikroTik RADIUS Server (User Manager) Installation|  October 28, 2017

RADIUS Server is a centralized user authentication, authorization and accounting application. RADIUS authentication gives the ISP or network administrator ability to manage PPP users, login users and Hotspot users from one server throughout a large network. MikroTik RouterOS has a RADIUS client that is able to authenticate login users, Hotspot [...]

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MikroTik DHCP Server Configuration with Radius Server|  January 24, 2018

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client-server protocol that is used to assign an IP address and other network configuration parameters dynamically to each device on a network so that they can communicate with other IP networks. DHCP Server is popularly used in an Enterprise Office Network because in an office network various [...]

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MikroTik Hotspot with Bandwidth Limitation and Prepaid Billing System|  January 14, 2018

Say, you are a network administrator and want to establish a network that will have user bandwidth package management facility with prepaid billing system as well as partner advertisement facility. Then, MikroTik Hotspot Server Configuration with MikroTik User Manager Radius Server will be a wise decision. Because, MikroTik User Manager [...]

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FreeRADIUS User Group Management with MySQL|  January 3, 2019

FreeRADIUS is a high performance RADIUS Server. A number of network devices can be used with freeRADIUS Server as a RADIUS Client including MikroTik Router. As a modular RADIUS suite, freeRADIUS accepts MySQL module to query user authentication and authorization and to store accounting data. In my previous article, I [...]

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MikroTik User Manager Installation and Basic Configuration|  December 15, 2019

MikroTik User Manager is a RADIUS application developed by MikroTik team and can be used without charge. User Manager is used for authentication, authorization and accounting of MikroTik RouterOS, PPPoE, Hotspot, DHCP and Wireless users. Although User Manager Package is developed by MikroTik it will not be found in RouterOS [...]

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MikroTik Hotspot with Data Limit and Prepaid Billing System|  January 19, 2018

If you are a network administrator and want to establish a network that will have data limitation package with prepaid billing system, MikroTik Hotspot Server with MikroTik User Manager Radius Server will be your best solution. Because, MikroTik User Manager is a poplar Radius application that will give facility to [...]

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MikroTik Hotspot Setup with Radius Server (User Manager)|  January 6, 2018

Hotspot is one of the most popular services in MikroTik Router. It is popularly used in Hotel and Restaurant, Railway Station or Airport, School or University Campus and so on. Even ISP network and office network also use MikroTik Hotspot for authenticating network clients/users. Hotspot user can be managed with [...]

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