Manual:User Manager

Introduction

• What is User Manager
• Requirements
• Supported browsers
• Demo

Getting started

• Download
• Install
• Create first subscriber
• First log on User Manager web

Quick start

• User Manager and HotSpot
• User Manager and PPP servers
• User Manager and DHCP
• User Manager and Wireless
• User Manager and RouterOS user

Concepts explained

• Subscribers
• Customers
• Users
• Credits
• Routers
• Sessions
• Payments
• Reports
• Logs
• Customer permission levels
• User prefix
• Time, traffic amount and rate limiting
• Prepaid and unlimited users
• Character constants
• Active sessions
• Active users
• Subscriber's public ID
• Voucher template

Reference

Web interface

• Search patterns
• Tables:
  • Sorting
  • Filtering
  • Division in pages
  • Multiple object selection
  • Operations with selected objects
  • Minimization
  • Links to detail form
• Detail forms
• Page printing

Customer page

• Setup
• How to find it?
• Sections
  • Status
  • Routers
  • Credits
  • Users
  • Sessions
  • Customers
  • Reports
  • Logs

User page

• Setup
• How to find it?
• Link to user page
• Sections
  • Status
  • Payments
  • Settings

User sign-up

• Setup
• Sign-up steps
  • Creating account
  • Activating account
  • Login

User payments

• Authorize.Net
• PayPal

Backup and restore

Use the MikroTik Winbox Terminal or connect over Telnet/Serial Console etc. and enter:

To backup...

/tool user-manager database save

To restore...

/tool user-manager database load

Questions and answers

• Quick introduction into User Manager setup
• How to separate users among customers?
• How to create a link to user page?
• How to create a link to user sign-up page?
• Visual bugs since upgrade
• Cannot log in User Manager
• Too many active sessions shown
• What does "active sessions" refer to?
• How to make Hotspot and User Manager on the same router?
• How to make MAC authentication in the User Manager?
• How to turn off logging for specific Routers?
• How to create timed Voucher?
• Cannot access User Manager WEB interface
• Incorrect time shown for sessions and credits
• User Manager does not allow to login due to expired uptime
• How to debug PayPal payments
• can we create credits on transfer basis