MIKROTIK:-Hotspot All About.

This is one of the well known features in Mikrotik . As we know that there are many techniques which is being used by the broadband service provider to provide the broadband internet connection and hotspot is one of the popular services in Broadband ISP domain .


What can you do with with hotspot .

1-different authentication methods of clients using local client database on the router, or remote RADIUS server;
2-users accounting in local database on the router, or on remote RADIUS server;
3-walled-garden system, access to some web pages without authorization;
4-login page modification, where you can put information about the company;
5-automatic and transparent change any IP address of a client to a valid address;

Note:-The hotspot  is designed to manage HotSpot servers of the router. It is possible to run HotSpot on Ethernet, wireless, VLAN and bridge interfaces. One HotSpot server is allowed per interface. When HotSpot is configured on bridge interface, set HotSpot interface as bridge interface not as bridge port, do not add public interfaces to bridge ports. 

There is  One big advantage of using hotspot is that HotSpot does not require any client software/driver/dialer. One disadvantage of using HotSpot is that its usually requires your client to open up his browser to log in before he can use your service . So users wanting to connect to your service using a router or some kind usually have a problem (as routers usually don’t support logging in via HTTP).