User Manager/DHCP Example

Introduction

To make this setup, you should have running [DHCP server on the router. Let's consider configuration steps for DHCP and User Manager routers, in order to use User Manager for DHCP server users.

DHCP router configuration

• Set DHCP to use User Manager for DHCP server users,

/ ip dhcp-server set dhcp1 use-radius=yes

   * Add radius client to consult User Manager for DHCP service. 

/ radius add service=dhcp address=y.y.y.y secret=123456

'secret' is equal to User Manager router secret. 'y.y.y.y' is the User Manager router address.

   * Note, first local router database is consulted, then User Manager database. 

User Manager configuration

   * First, you need to download and install User Manager package;
   * Create User Manager subscriber; 

/ tool user-manager customer add login="MikroTik" password="qwerty" permissions=owner

   * Add DHCP router information to router list, 

/ tool user-manager router add subscriber=MikroTik ip-address=x.x.x.x shared-secret=123456

'x.x.x.x' is the address of the DHCP router, 'shared-secret' should match on both User Manager and DHCP routers.

   * Add DHCP user information, that set client with MAC address 00:01:29:27:81:95 will always receive 192.168.100.2 address.

/ tool user-manager user add add subscriber=MikroTik username="00:01:29:27:81:95" ip-address=192.168.100.2

We discuss only basic configuration example, detailed information about user menu configuration.

• You can use User Manager web interface after first subscriber created.

• To make sure, that user is receiving lease from RADIUS,

 / ip dhcp-server lease> print
 Flags: X - disabled, R - radius, D - dynamic, B - blocked
#   ADDRESS         MAC-ADDRESS       HOST-NAME    SERVER RATE-LIMIT   STATUS
0 R 192.168.100.2   00:01:29:27:81:95              dhcp1               bound

'R' means that lease received from RADIUS server.