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

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 User Manager Installation and Basic ConfigurationDecember 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 RouterOS User Authentication via RADIUS ServerNovember 19, 2017

MikroTik RouterOS has a strong local user database that is enough to manage a single MikroTik RouterOS user. But if your network has more than one MikroTik Routers, it is always better to use a RADIUS server to manage RouterOS user centrally. MikroTik User Manager RADIUS Server is a centralized [...]

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FreeRADIUS Installation and Basic Configuration on CentOS 7November 28, 2018

FreeRADIUS is a modular, high performance and highly customizable open source RADIUS server. Anyone can use FreeRADIUS without any charge and can customize his RADIUS server according to his organizational requirements. In my previous article, I discussed how to install and configure user manager RADIUS server developed by MikroTik. The [...]

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MikroTik Radius Configuration with FreeRADIUSDecember 7, 2018

FreeRADIUS is a high performance RADIUS suite that provides authentication, authorization and accounting facility for a large number of network devices including MikroTik Router. Although MikroTik has user manager RADIUS service to provide authentication, authorization and accounting facility but it is not free for customization and not suitable for medium [...]

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FreeRADIUS User Group Management with MySQLJanuary 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 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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MikroTik PPPoE Setup with Radius Server Prepaid Billing SystemDecember 23, 2017

MikroTik PPPoE Server is popularly used in ISP Companies to maintain user connection. Along with MikroTik PPPoE Service it is a better idea to make a prepaid billing system with Radius Server. MikroTik User Manager Radius Server is a user authentication and accounting application that gives the ISP Company ability [...]

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