MikroTik Hotspot using RouterOS v7

Create a hotspot subdomain, point it to your public IP, forward port 80/443 to the hotspot router, and obtain a Let's Encrypt certificate for a secure captive portal.

Automate renewing the 90-day Let's Encrypt certificate on a MikroTik hotspot router with a script and scheduler, for example every 45 days, and ensure accurate time via NTP.

Configure a MikroTik hotspot on RouterOS v7 using the built-in IP hotspot, set up NAT masquerade, DNS, and a Lets Encrypt certificate, and verify captive portal access and statistics.

Explore configuring cookies and a one-minute daily trial in MikroTik RouterOS v7 hotspot, including three-day cookie lifetimes, HTTP cookies, and how the captive portal manages logins.

Limit user uptime and traffic on a MikroTik hotspot using RouterOS v7 by applying time and data caps with monitoring.

Explore creating and applying user profiles to limit hotspot bandwidth, including a trial profile of 1 Mbps up and 2 Mbps down, shared user settings, and session timeout testing.

Learn to bypass a hotspot by configuring IP bindings, granting internet to a device without captive portal authentication, through steps to identify the PC IP, add bindings, and test.

Learn to use the walled garden to let hotspot users access websites without authentication by configuring wallet garden IP lists and allowed domains such as my network training.com and mikrotik.com.

Enable hotspot advertisement by creating an advertise profile, enabling transparent proxy, and configuring https URLs with a 30-second interval and 10-second timeout to cycle and display ads.

Maher Haddad offers MikroTik official trainings as a certified trainer, delivering in-person labs in the Netherlands or live online sessions, with exams required to become a MikroTik certified engineer.