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 User Manager,

 / 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 User Manager server.