I'm assuming he's serving an RV park or the like, which is why he's using hotspot to begin with.
> On Jan 21, 2018, at 5:39 PM, Blair Davis via Mikrotik-users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, your tower talks directly to individual users gear? So they have to > call you every time they buy another piece of cheap wireless junk? > > Why wouldn't you have a CPE radio connected to a router that allows all > the clients gear to connect to it? > > That way you don't have to care what they connect to it and don't have > to track all those MAC addresses... > > -- > > On 1/21/2018 6:45 PM, ralph via Mikrotik-users wrote: >> I have a lot of sites using MT Hotspot with an offsite RADIUS backend that >> handles billing and customer speed control, etc. >> >> This is fine for when the customer has a browser equipped device. They just >> log in via the portal and away they go. But now there are many new devices >> that don't use browsers, things like smart thermostats, smart TVs, certain >> game consoles and who knows what else. MT (and my backend) have MAC >> Authentication (where you set MAC as one of the login methods in the >> hotspot) for those sorts of devices. However that only works if the device >> initiates an HTTP connection. On HTTPS, no auto login and on a lot of these >> other devices no auto login either. >> >> So I end up having to put these device's MACs into an IP Binding table in >> the MT hotspot. Works great. But I lose all tracking of the user, I >> can't control their speed, and I don't even know they are on line. But the >> worst part is that now I have to manually track whether or not their >> subscription is current. Sometimes I forget to and their devices get free >> service for months. >> >> But I think there must be a way I can do the following: >> >> 1. Let their MAC just pass through without going through the hotspot. >> 2. Limit the device's speed to that of their subscription >> 3. And optionally, have the rule go away on a certain date (or after a >> certain period of time) >> >> I'd be ecstatic if I could just get #1 and #2. >> >> I don't know anything about "Manual Queues", only the ones the hotspot >> creates upon login. >> >> Can someone help me out? >> >> Thanks, >> Ralph >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mikrotik-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users > > -- > West Michigan Wireless ISP > Allegan, Michigan 49010 > 269-686-8648 > > A Division of: > Camp Communication Services, INC > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users -- Grand Avenue Broadband -- Wireless Internet Service Circle City to Wickenburg and surrounding areas http://grandavebb.com
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