Allied Telesis AT-WR4500 manual Hot Spot Service, HotSpot Gateway

222	AT-WR4500 Series - IEEE 802.11abgh Outdoor Wireless Routers
	RouterOS v3 Configuration and User Guide

10Hot Spot Service

10.1HotSpot Gateway

10.1.1General Information

Summary

The RouterOS HotSpot Gateway enables providing of public network access for clients using wireless or wired network connections.

HotSpot Gateway features:

•authentication of clients using local client database, or RADIUS server

•accounting using local database, or RADIUS server

•Walled-garden system (accessing some web pages without authorization)

Quick Setup Guide

Given a router with two interfaces: Local (where HotSpot clients are connected to) and Public, which is connected to the Internet. To set up HotSpot on the Local interface:

1.first, a valid IP configuration is required on both interfaces. This can be done with /setup command or by setting up the router manually. In this example we will assume the configuration with DHCP server already enabled on the Local interface

2.valid DNS configuration must be set up in the /ip dns submenu

3.To put HotSpot on the Local interface, using the same IP address pool as DHCP server uses for that interface: /ip hotspot add interface=local address-pool=dhcp-pool-1

4.and finally, add at least one HotSpot user: /ip hotspot user add name=admin

These simple steps should be sufficient to enable HotSpot system

Please find HotSpot How-to's, which will answer most of your questions about configuring a HotSpot gateway, at the end of this manual. It is still recommended that you read and understand all the Description section below before deploying a HotSpot system.

If this does not work:

•check that /ip dns contains valid DNS servers, try to /ping www.example.com to see, that DNS resolving works

•make sure that connection tracking is enabled: /ip firewall connection tracking set enabled=yes

Specifications

Packages required: hotspot, dhcp(optional)

License required: Level1 (Limited to 1 active user) , Level3 (Limited to 1 active user) , Level4 (Limited to 200 active users) , Level5 (Limited to 500 active users) , Level6

Submenu level: /ip hotspot

Standards and Technologies: ICMP, DHCP

Hardware usage: Not significant

Description

RouterOS HotSpot Gateway should have at least two network interfaces:

1.HotSpot interface, which is used to connect HotSpot clients

2.LAN/WAN interface, which is used to access network resources. For example, DNS and RADIUS server(s) should be accessible

The diagram below shows a sample HotSpot setup.