Manual:IP/Hotspot/Walled Garden
Applies to RouterOS: v3, v4, v5+
Walled Garden
Sub-menu: /ip hotspot walled-garden
HTTP walled-garden menu permits authentication bypass settings for HTTP and HTTPs resources.
Wildcard properties (dst-host and path) match a complete string (i.e., they will not match "example.com" if they are set to "example"). Available wildcards are '*' (match any number of any characters) and '?' (match any one character). Regular expressions are also accepted here, but if the property should be treated as a regular expression, it should start with a colon (':'). To show that no symbols are allowed before the given pattern, we use ^ symbol at the beginning of the pattern. To specify that no symbols are allowed after the given pattern, we use $ symbol at the end of the pattern.
Warning: If Walled Garden contains entry for HTTP site which is used for Hotspot detection on mobile applications (mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc.), then Hotspot will not be automatically detected and login pop-up will not appear by itself on client device.
Example
To only permit bypassed access in walled garden to "www.example.com/test" but not to "www.example.com/test/test.php" :
/ip hotspot walled-garden add dst-host=:^www.example.com path=":/test\$"
(note the trailing $ requires the escape character '\' to stop it from be processed as an actual $ character in the url)
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| action (allow | deny; Default: allow) | Action to perform, when packet matches the rule
|
| server (string; Default: ) | Name of the HotSpot server, rule is applied to. |
| src-address (IP; Default: ) | Source address of the user, usually IP address of the HotSpot client |
| method (string; Default: ) | HTTP method of the request |
| dst-host (string; Default: ) | Domain name of the destination web-server |
| dst-port (integer; Default: ) | TCP port number, client sends request to |
| path (string; Default: ) | The path of the request, path comes after '''http://dst_host/''' |
Read-only properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| dst-address (IP) | |
| hits (integer) |
IP Walled Garden
Sub-menu: /ip hotspot walled-garden ip
Walled-garden menu for the IP requests (Winbox, SSH, Telnet, SIP, etc.)
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| action (allow | deny | reject; Default: allow) | Action to perform, when packet matches the rule
|
| server (string; Default: ) | Name of the HotSpot server, rule is applied to. |
| src-address (IP; Default: ) | Source address of the user, usually IP address of the HotSpot client |
| dst-address (IP; Default: ) | Destination IP address, IP address of the WEB-server. Ignored if dst-host is already specified. |
| src-address-list (string; Default: ) | Source IP address list. |
| dst-address-list (string; Default: ) | Destination IP address list. Ignored if dst-host is already specified. |
| dst-host (string; Default: ) | Domain name of the destination web-server. When this parameter is specified dynamic entry is added to Walled Garden |
| dst-port (integer; Default: ) | TCP port number, client sends request to |
| protocol (integer | string; Default: ) | IP protocol |
Example
When adding walled garden IP entry several dynamic rules are created. For example, lets add www.paypalobject.com
/ip hotspot walled-garden ip add action=accept disabled=no dst-host=www.paypalobject.com
Now if you look at walled garden menu you will see dynamic entry for object we just added
[admin@493G] /ip hotspot walled-garden> print detail
Flags: X - disabled, D - dynamic
0 D ;;; www.paypalobject.com
dst-address=68.178.232.99 action=allow hits=0
Also dynamic firewall and NAT rules are added to allow paypalobject.com resolved address
[admin@493G] /ip firewall filter> print dynamic
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic
...
7 D ;;; www.paypalobject.com
chain=hs-unauth action=return dst-address=68.178.232.99
...
10 D ;;; www.paypalobject.com
chain=hs-unauth-to action=return src-address=68.178.232.99
[admin@493G] /ip firewall nat> print dynamic
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic
...
8 D ;;; www.paypalobject.com
chain=hs-unauth action=return dst-address=68.178.232.99
...
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