How Hotspot works

With Hotspot, a customer connects to Wi-Fi, a login page opens, and they get online with a printed voucher code. No PPPoE username or password is needed.

Hotspot is off by default

Hotspot is off on a fresh installation and is turned on by the Farava team. Setting up the login page on the router (template files and an HTTPS certificate) is also done with the Farava team and your network engineer. See Observe and enforce mode.

Four ideas

Idea	Meaning
Access zone	A group of places where vouchers work, for example “City-centre cafés”.
Access endpoint	One Hotspot service on one router, belonging to a zone.
Batch	A group of vouchers created together from one plan.
Voucher	One login code the customer enters on the Hotspot login page.

Setting up (once per location)

1. Register the router — Register a router (NAS) and set up RADIUS with the hotspot service — MikroTik setup.
2. Create an access zone — Hotspot access → Access zones → Add access zone, name it, and save.
3. Add an access endpoint — Add Hotspot endpoint: choose the router and zone, and enter the identifier of the Hotspot service on the router. Keep the endpoint disabled until the router is ready.
4. Install the login page on the router — with the Farava team. The login page only works over HTTPS so voucher codes are sent securely.
5. Create a test voucher and try it with a phone — see Vouchers.

Data quotas on Hotspot

If a voucher plan has a data quota, every endpoint in the zone must be certified for “Byte quota”; otherwise a data-capped batch cannot be generated. The Farava team records that certification after testing on the router.

One router, PPPoE and Hotspot

One router can serve both PPPoE subscribers and Hotspot. Each has its own access endpoint. Before Hotspot is turned on, the Farava team also checks the PPPoE settings on the same router so PPPoE sign-ins are not rejected.