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      Access Point Instructions for MikroTik

      This page explains the Captive Portal configuration for MikroTik Router OS and authentication with IronWiFi.

      IronWiFi Console Configuration

      1. Log into the IronWiFi console or register for free
      2. Create a new network
      3. After that, create a new captive portal, with vendor Mikrotik
      4. Download the mikrotik_login.html file. Rename the downloaded file to login.html

      Access Point Configuration

      Sign-in to your MikroTik configuration interface, usually http://192.168.88.1

      1. Navigate to Hotspot -> Users and add a temporary user called user1 and set a password for this new user
      2. Navigate to Hotspot -> Servers and click the Hotspot Setup button. Configure with:
      • Hotspot Interface - bridge
      • The local address of network - 192.168.89.0/24
      • Masquerade Network - On
      • Address Pool of Network - 192.168.89.10 - 192.168.89.254
      • Select Certificate - none

      The access point will redirect you to the default Hotspot Authentication page. Sign in as "user1" and return to the Mikrotik configuration interface http://192.168.88.1

      Now, the newly created server was assigned the name "hotspot1", which you need to change to the MAC Address of your access point. Navigate to the quick set (main dashboard) to copy the MAC Address. You can alternatively copy the wireless MAC Address from Interfaces > wifi1. This is a critical step - without it we will not be able to correctly identify and count your active Access Points and your service might be affected !

       

      1. After you have copied the mac address, return to the hotspot settings and click on the server named "hotspot1". Then just paste the mac address to the name field and click apply

      1. Navigate to Hotspot -> Server Profiles and click the newly created profile called hsprof1
      2. In the Login by section, configure with the following values:
      • HTTP CHAP - un-check
      • Cookie - un-check
      • HTTP PAP - check
      • Use RADIUS - check
      1. Navigate to IP -> Hotspot -> Walled Garden IP List and allow access to the IronWiFi global load-balancer - 107.178.250.42
      • Enabled - check
      • Action - accept
      • Server - hotspot1
      • Dst. Address - 107.178.250.42
      • Protocol - (6) tcp
      • Dst. Port - 443

      If you want to configure RadSec (Radius over TLS) please follow this link to enable RadSec on your account and download the required certificate bundle zip for your network, and then skip to the RadSec config section here.

      1. In the MikroTik configuration menu, navigate down to the Radius and click Add New to add RADIUS server. In the Service section, configure with:
      • Service - hotspot
      • Address - get this value from the IronWiFi console
      • Secret - get this value from the IronWiFi console
      • Authentication Port - get this value from the IronWiFi console
      • Accounting Port - get this value from the IronWiFi console
      • Timeout - 1000ms

      2.   If you want to use RadSec Radius over TLS Server, skip step 1. above and first follow the steps outlined here to enable it on your network and download the certificate bundle.

      Copy all 3 certificates and 1 key from the downloaded bundle to the MikroTik file system:

      Go to System > Certificates and Import 3 certificates, marking them as trusted and then import the key.

      When correctly imported the CA certificates will have the LT flags and the RadSec Client Certificate will have the KLT flag denoting you have a private key for it:

      In the MikroTik configuration menu, navigate down to the Radius and click Add New to add RADIUS server. In the Service section, configure with:

      • Service - hotspot
      • Address - get this value from the IronWiFi console
      • Protocol - radsec
      • Secret - radsec
      • Authentication Port - 2083
      • Accounting Port - 2083
      • Timeout - 1000ms
      • Certificate - select the client certificate with the key that you have imported

       

      3. Use an FTP client to connect to the access point and navigate to /flash/hotspot (or /hotspot). Create a copy of the login.html file and upload the previously downloaded file login.html to the access point.

      $ ftp 192.168.88.1
      (username admin, empty password)
      $ cd /hotspot

      $ get login.html login.html-backup

      $ put mikrotik_login.html login.html