Thanks Butch, that seems to be the most reasonable explanation. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Butch Evans <but...@butchevans.com> Reply-To: Mikrotik discussions <mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:17:00 -0500
>On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 20:06 -0400, Stuart Pierce wrote: >> If you have got a hotspot, all cpe's in router mode and users >> have to login sometime to set a cookie. >> >> What makes a mac address have so many hosts or ip addresses that >> it wants to visit ? > >It sounds like you are seeing some of the traffic being missed by the >NAT rule. This is a known (and irritating) issue. I'd suggest sending >a request to supp...@mikrotik.com, as they will be the ones to fix the >issue. I'm not certain they will get it fixed, but it has been an issue >for a long time, unfortunately. My understanding is that this NAT issue >is a linux kernel problem that is not unique to MT. > >> Shouldn't there be only one host ( the ip of the cpe router ) >> per cpe mac because the cpe is in router mode and the hotspot >> only knows and cares about the cpe's dhcp assigned ip address. > >SHOULD...yes. > >-- >*************************************************************** ***** >* Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation * >* http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * >* http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * >* http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * >* NOTE THE NEW PHONE NUMBER: 702-537-0979 * >*************************************************************** ***** > > > >_______________________________________________ >Mikrotik mailing list >Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com >http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > >Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at avolve.net _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
