Hotspot Server Profiles - MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 Reference Manual

ip-of-dns-name ( read-only: IP address ) - IP address of the HotSpot gateway's DNS name set in
the HotSpot interface profile
keepalive-timeout ( time | none ; default: none ) - keepalive timeout for unauthorized clients. Used
to detect, that the computer of the client is alive and reachable. If check will fail during this period,
user will be dropped of the host list, and the address used buy the user will be freed
• none - do not timeout unreachable users
profile ( name ; default: default ) - default HotSpot profile for the interface
Command Description
reset-html ( name ) - overwrite the existing HotSpot servlet with the original HTML files. It is
used if you have changed the servlet and it is not working after that
Notes
addresses-per-mac property works only if address pool is defined. Also note that in case you are
authenticating users connected through a router, than all the IP addresses will seem to have come
from one MAC address.
Example
To add HotSpot system to the local interface, allowing the system to do one-to-one NAT for each
client (addresses from the HS-real address pool will be used for the NAT):
[admin@MikroTik] ip hotspot> add interface=local address-pool=HS-real
[admin@MikroTik] ip hotspot> print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, S - HTTPS
# NAME
0 hs-local
[admin@MikroTik] ip hotspot>

HotSpot Server Profiles

Home menu level: /ip hotspot profile
Property Description
dns-name ( text ) - DNS name of the HotSpot server. This is the DNS name used as the name of
the HotSpot server (i.e., it appears as the location of the login page). This name will automatically
be added as a static DNS entry in the DNS cache
hotspot-address ( IP address ; default: 0.0.0.0 ) - IP address for HotSpot service
html-directory ( text ; default: "" ) - name of the directory (accessible with FTP), which stores the
HTML servlet pages (when changed, the default pages are automatically copied into specified
directory if it does not exist already)
http-cookie-lifetime ( time ; default: 3d ) - validity time of HTTP cookies
http-proxy ( IP address ; default: 0.0.0.0 ) - the address of the proxy server the HotSpot service
will use as a proxy server for all those requests intercepted by Universal Proxy system and not
defined in the /ip proxy direct list. If not specified, the address defined in parent-proxy parameter of
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INTERFACE ADDRESS-POOL PROFILE IDLE-TIMEOUT
local HS-real default 00:05:00