
You can accept default values but choose none for certificate. Let's add the hotspot service to wlan Click IP > HotSpot and the hotspot Setup box, choose wlan1 as hotspot interface. In winbox click IP > DHCP Client and Add DHCP Client to port ether1Ģ. First we need to define the first port for WAN connection so the router will connect to the internet via another router with DHCP. You can get Winbox from Mikrotik's website.ġ. Winbox is the graphical user interface for configuring the Mikrotik Router OS. You need to setup your Mikrotik router by using Winbox. If you see a message about "Default configuration" press Remove configuration. If your router is new enough to require 7.x (like the RB5009) then you cannot use HTTPS on the splash page yet.īefore starting, reset your router. Use latest LTS version which is v6.48.6 by now or up to 6.49.1 if you had any issues. v7.x is not working with HTTPS on the splash page. Please do not use the latest RouterOS versions. If you already have an Operator Account, then read on. If you would like to see what features you will be able to use with our solutions, click here. If the rule is set in the input/prerouting chain then the same rule must be also set in the output/postrouting chain, otherwise, the collected data may not be complete resulting in an incorrectly matched pattern.Important note: This solution requires a Hotspot Operator Account at. To satisfy this requirement l7 rules should be set in forward chain. To avoid this, add regular firewall matchers to reduce the amount of data passed to layer-7 filters repeatedly.Īn additional requirement is that the layer7 matcher must see both directions of traffic (incoming and outgoing).


You should take into account that a lot of connections will significantly increase memory and CPU usage. Allocated memory is freed and the protocol is considered unknown. If the pattern is not found in the collected data, the matcher stops inspecting further. L7 matcher collects the first 10 packets of a connection or the first 2KB of a connection and searches for the pattern in the collected data. Use other features to block webpages by URL. This will almost never work correctly and your device will exhaust its resources, trying to catch all the traffic.

It is not recommended to use the L7 matcher for generic traffic, such as for blocking webpages. Use this feature only for very specific traffic. The L7 matcher is very resource-intensive.
