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These instructions will guide you through configuration of your Mikrotik to work with Social WiFi, but without using Winbox software. This solution could be useful if you are using an operating system other than Windows.
Please complete every step as detailed below.
Social WiFi has been tested and is proven to work on the following configurations:
RouterOS versions:
6.x
7.5 and newer (hotspot doesn’t work on RouterOS 7.x below version 7.5)
Plug an ethernet cable into port 2 of your Mikrotik. Plug in the other side into your computer. Insert internet cable into port 1 of your Mikrotik.
Open an internet browser (Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.) and open page: http://192.168.88.1/ and choose WebFig in top right corner.
In WebFig go into the “Interfaces” section in the menu on the left side of the page.
Click [Add New] button.
Select “Bridge”
Insert new name: “sw” and accept by clicking [Apply].
Select section “IP” and subsection “Addresses” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Click [Add New] button.
Fill in the form:
| Enabled | Yes |
|---|---|
Address | 10.8.0.1/16 |
Network | 10.8.0.0 |
Interface | sw |
You can leave the “Comment” field empty.
Click [Apply].
Select section “IP” and subsection “Pool” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Click [Add New] button.
Fill in the form:
| Name | dhcp_pool_sw |
|---|---|
Addresses | 10.8.0.2-10.8.255.254 |
Apply |
Select section “IP” and subsection “DHCP Server” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Click [Add New] button.
Fill in the form:
| Enabled | Yes |
|---|---|
Name | dhcp_sw |
Interface | sw |
Lease Time | 3d 00:00:00 |
Address Pool | dhcp_pool_sw |
Apply |
Select section “IP” and subsection “DHCP Server” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Select tab “Networks” on the top of the page.
Click [Add New] button.
Fill in the form:
| Address | 10.8.0.0/16 |
|---|---|
Gateway | 10.8.0.1 |
DNS Servers | 10.8.0.1 |
Apply |
Select section “Radius” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Click [Add New] button.
Fill in the form:
| Enabled | yes |
|---|---|
Service | hotspot |
Address | 35.205.62.147 |
Secret | Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel |
Authentication Port | 31812 |
Accounting Port | 31813 |
Timeout | 1000 |
Apply |
Select section “Quick Set” in the menu on the top right of the page.
Write down or copy value of “MAC Address” field.
Open following page in any internet browser:
Type or paste “MAC Address” value from the previous step into “MAC address” field.
Click [Get files].
Locate the downloaded file on your computer. It may be in Downloads folder.
Right click on the file and select [Extract All…].
On the newly opened “Extract Compressed (Zipped) Folders” window click [Extract].
New folder will appear, containing files required for the following steps.
Select section “Files” in the menu on the left side of the page.
If your Files section contains a “flash” folder, please place all files inside that folder. Otherwise, the files will be removed on router restart.
Click [Browse…]
Navigate to the extracted files from step Extract the .zip file. Select “login.html” and accept.
Repeat this steps for:
“md5.js” file.
“rlogin.html” file.
“flogin.html” file.
“alogin.html” file.
Select section “IP” and subsection “Hotspot” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Select tab “Server profiles” on the top of the page.
Click “default” name.
Fill in the form:
| DNS Name | logging.sw.com |
|---|---|
HTML Directory |
|
Use RADIUS | yes |
Login By | HTTP PAP |
Apply |
Select section “IP” and subsection “Hotspot” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Click [Add New] button
Fill in the form:
| Name | socialwifi |
|---|---|
Interface | sw |
Address Pool | dhcp_pool_sw |
Idle Timeout | 00:05:00 |
Apply |
Select tab “User profiles” on the top of the page.
Click “default” name.
Fill in the form:
| Address Pool | dhcp_pool___sw |
|---|---|
Keepalive Timeout | 3d 00:00:00 |
Select section “IP” and subsection “Hotspot” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Select tab “Walled Garden” on the top of the page.
Click [Add New] button.
Uncheck “Enabled”.
Clear the field “Dst. Host”.
Fill in the form:
| Comment | place hotspot rules here |
|---|---|
Apply |
This comment is used by Mikrotik to insert dynamic rules. It should be spelled exactly as above.
You should be on the page opened in the previous step (12. Walled Garden – add a comment).
Click [Add New] button.
Fill in the form:
| Dst. Host | sw-login.com |
|---|---|
Apply |
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Select section “Bridge” and subsection “Ports” in the menu on the left side of the page.
A list will appear. If it already has a bridge for interface called “wlan1”, remove it by clicking [-] button on the left side of it.
Click [Add New] button.
Fill in the form:
| Interface | wlan1 |
|---|---|
Bridge | sw |
Apply |
Select section “Interfaces” in the menu on the left side of the page.
Click “wlan1” entry on the list of interfaces.
Fill in the form:
| Enabled | yes |
|---|---|
Mode | ap bridge |
SSID | Your desired network name |
Apply |
Select section “System” and subsection “Reboot” in the menu on the left side of the page.
