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Component: hotspot

118 changelog entries across 66 version(s)

Activity over time (changelog entries per month)

7.21 Stable 2026-Jan-12 (3 weeks ago)
  • added TOTP support for local hotspot users;
  • improved system stability;
  • prevent service from starting unnecessarily in the background on export/print commands;
7.19.2 Stable 2025-Jun-20 (7 months ago)
  • allow only "http:" and "https:" schemas in dst field;
7.19 Stable 2025-May-22 (8 months ago)
  • improvements to memory usage;
6.49.18 Stable 2025-Feb-27 (11 months ago)
  • properly escape all reserved URI characters;
7.18 Stable 2025-Feb-24 (11 months ago)
  • fixed an issue where extra "flash/" is added to html-directory for devices with flash folders (introduced in v7.17);
7.17.2 Stable 2025-Feb-06 (11 months ago)
  • fixed an issue where extra "flash/" is added to html-directory for devices with flash folders (introduced in v7.17);
7.16 Stable 2024-Sep-20 (1 year ago)
  • properly escape all reserved URI characters;
7.13 Stable 2023-Dec-14 (2 years ago)
  • fixed incorrect host moving to VLAN 0 when receiving packets through bridge;
7.11 Stable 2023-Aug-15 (2 years ago)
  • allow number as a first symbol in the Hotspot server DNS name;
6.49.8 Long-term 2023-Jul-19 (2 years ago)
  • improved stability when receiving bogus packets;
6.48.7 Long-term 2023-May-23 (2 years ago)
  • improved stability when receiving bogus packets;
7.8 Stable 2023-Feb-24 (2 years ago)
  • fixed setting of "address" parameter for IP binding;
  • restore cookie timeout on reboot;
7.7 Stable 2023-Jan-12 (3 years ago)
  • added "install-hotspot-queue" parameter to control dynamic queue creation;
  • fixed maximum allowed connections limitation;
  • fixed minor memory leak after each successful login from WEB;
  • improved limitation of maximum allowed connections;
  • improved system stability when clients migrate between bridge ports or VLANs;
7.6 Stable 2022-Oct-17 (3 years ago)
  • fixed service initialization when HTML directory configured on an external disk;
  • fixed SSL usage on all HotSpot pages;
  • improved stability when receiving bogus packets;
  • limit maximum allowed connections based on free RAM resources;
  • removed "routerboard.com" URL from default HotSpot advertise;
7.5 Stable 2022-Aug-30 (3 years ago)
  • automatically reject all HTTPS requests passing through HotSpot server for unauthorized users;
  • improved stability when receiving bogus packets;
  • limit maximum allowed connections based on free RAM resources;
  • removed "https-redirect" option;
7.4 Stable 2022-Jul-19 (3 years ago)
  • fixed ARP resolution for clients when address pool is specified on the server;
  • fixed Walled Garden entries with action=deny;
7.2 Stable 2022-Mar-31 (3 years ago)
  • fixed login page over HTTPS;
  • fixed memory leak on every web page loading;
  • fixed web page loading using HTTPS;
7.1.2 Stable 2022-Feb-03 (4 years ago)
  • fixed web page loading using HTTPS;
6.47.9 Long-term 2021-Feb-05 (4 years ago)
  • fixed "idle-timeout" usage with RADIUS authentication;
  • fixed special character parsing in "target" variable (CVE-2021-3014);
6.48.1 Stable 2021-Feb-03 (5 years ago)
  • fixed "idle-timeout" usage with RADIUS authentication;
  • fixed special character parsing in "target" variable (CVE-2021-3014);
6.48 Stable 2020-Dec-22 (5 years ago)
  • added "vlan-id" parameter support for hosts and HTML pages;
  • added support for captive portal advertising using DHCP (RFC7710);
  • fixed "html-directory" parameter export;
  • improved management service stability when receiving bogus packets;
6.46.8 Long-term 2020-Oct-29 (5 years ago)
  • do not verify Hotspot interface status when detecting if HTTP/HTTPS login method is allowed;
6.47.4 Stable 2020-Sep-16 (5 years ago)
  • ignore packets from host while MAC authentication is in progress;
6.46.7 Long-term 2020-Sep-07 (5 years ago)
  • ignore packets from host while MAC authentication is in progress;
6.47.2 Stable 2020-Aug-13 (5 years ago)
  • do not verify Hotspot interface status when detecting if HTTP/HTTPS login method is allowed;
6.47 Stable 2020-Jun-02 (5 years ago)
  • updated splash page design ('/ip hotspot reset-html' required);
6.45.9 Long-term 2020-Apr-30 (5 years ago)
  • fixed redirect to log in page (introduced in v6.45);
6.46.3 Stable 2020-Jan-28 (6 years ago)
  • fixed redirect to log in page (introduced in v6.45);
6.46 Stable 2019-Dec-02 (6 years ago)
  • fixed non-local NAT redirection to port TCP/64873;
  • fixed RADIUS CoA "address-list" update;
6.45.3 Stable 2019-Jul-29 (6 years ago)
  • fixed default profile values not being used (introduced in v6.45);
6.44.5 Long-term 2019-Jul-04 (6 years ago)
  • moved "title" HTML tag after "meta" tags;
6.45.1 Stable 2019-Jun-27 (6 years ago)
  • added "interface-mac" variable to HTML pages;
  • moved "title" HTML tag after "meta" tags;
6.44 Stable 2019-Feb-25 (6 years ago)
  • added "https-redirect" under server profiles;
  • added per-user NAT rule generation based on "incoming-filter" and "outgoing-filter" parameters;
6.42.9 Long-term 2018-Sep-27 (7 years ago)
  • properly update dynamic "walled-garden" entries when changing "dst-host";
6.43.1 Stable 2018-Sep-17 (7 years ago)
  • properly update dynamic "walled-garden" entries when changing "dst-host";
6.43 Stable 2018-Sep-06 (7 years ago)
  • allow to properly configure Hotspot directory on external disk for devices that have flash type storage;
  • fixed RADIUS CoA & PoD by allowing to accept "NAS-Port-Id";
6.40.9 Long-term 2018-Aug-20 (7 years ago)
  • fixed user authentication when queue from old session is not removed yet;
6.42.2 Stable 2018-May-17 (7 years ago)
  • fixed user authentication when queue from old session is not removed yet;
6.42 Stable 2018-Apr-13 (7 years ago)
  • improved HTTPS matching in Walled Garden rules;
6.40.6 Long-term 2018-Feb-20 (7 years ago)
  • fixed "dst-port" to require valid "protocol" in "walled-garden ip";
  • fixed Walled Garden IP functionality when address-list is used;
6.41 Stable 2017-Dec-22 (8 years ago)
  • fixed "dst-port" to require valid "protocol" in "walled-garden ip";
  • fixed Walled Garden IP functionality when address-list is used;
6.39.3 Long-term 2017-Oct-12 (8 years ago)
  • improved user statistics collection process;
  • require "dns-name" to contain "." symbol under Hotspot Server Profile configuration;
6.40.4 Stable 2017-Oct-02 (8 years ago)
  • fixed missing "/ip hotspot server profile" if invalid "dns-name" was specified;
  • improved user statistics collection process;
6.39 Stable 2017-Apr-27 (8 years ago)
  • added access to HTTP headers using $(http-header-name);
6.37.5 Long-term 2017-Mar-09 (8 years ago)
  • fixed rare kernel crash on multicore systems;
  • fixed redirect to URL where escape characters are used (requires newly generated HTML files);
  • show Host table commentaries also in Active tab and vice versa;
6.38.4 Stable 2017-Mar-08 (8 years ago)
  • fixed redirect to URL where escape characters are used (requires newly generated HTML files);
  • show Host table commentaries also in Active tab and vice versa;
6.38.3 Stable 2017-Feb-07 (8 years ago)
  • fixed rare kernel crash on multicore systems;
6.37.4 Long-term 2017-Jan-13 (9 years ago)
  • fixed nat rule port setting in "hs-unauth-to" chain by changing it from "dst-port" to "src-port" on Walled Garden ip "return" rules;
6.38 Stable 2016-Dec-30 (9 years ago)
  • fixed nat rule port setting in "hs-unauth-to" chain by changing it from "dst-port" to "src-port" on Walled Garden ip "return" rules;
6.37.2 Stable 2016-Nov-08 (9 years ago)
  • fixed nat rule dst-port by making it visible again for Walled Garden ip return rules;
6.37.1 Stable 2016-Sep-30 (9 years ago)
  • fixed nat rule dst-port by making it visible again;
6.37 Stable 2016-Sep-23 (9 years ago)
  • show comments from user menu also in active menu;
6.35 Stable 2016-Apr-14 (9 years ago)
  • clean-up all dead entries at once;
  • fixed possible deadlock;
  • improved html page resistance against attacks;
  • make video tag work properly on hotspot login.html page
6.32.4 Long-term 2016-Feb-09 (9 years ago)
  • added missing favicon.ico in hotspot html pages;
  • fixed missing image at login;
6.34 Stable 2016-Jan-29 (10 years ago)
  • added html-directory-override & recognize default hotspot user;
  • fixed export of default trial user;
  • fixed memory leak on https requests;
  • show cookie add/remove events in hotspot,debug log;
  • allow static entries with the same mac on multiple hotspot servers;
  • do not remove mac-cookie in case of radius timeout;
  • added byte limits option for default-trial users;
  • fixed login by mac-cookie when roaming among hotspot servers;
  • add html-directory-override for read-only directory on usb flash;
  • add uptime, byte and packet counter variables to logout script;
  • added option to login user manually from cli;
  • fixed trial-uptime parsing from CLI to Winbox/Webfig;
6.33.5 Stable 2015-Dec-28 (10 years ago)
  • added missing favicon.ico in hotspot html pages;
6.33.1 Stable 2015-Nov-17 (10 years ago)
  • fixed missing image at login;
6.33 Stable 2015-Nov-06 (10 years ago)
  • add mac-auth-mode setting for mac-as-passwd option;
  • add login-timeout setting to force login for unauth hosts;
6.32 Stable 2015-Aug-31 (10 years ago)
  • ignore PoD remote requests if no HotSpot configured;
  • fix kernel failure when www plugin aborts on broken html source;
  • fix html-directory path on small flash devices;
6.3 Stable 2013-Sep-03 (12 years ago)
  • do not account traffic to local hotspot pages;
6.2 Stable 2013-Aug-02 (12 years ago)
  • fixed chap error after failed http-chap login (broken in v6.1);
6.1 Stable 2013-Jun-12 (12 years ago)
  • fixed problem when after upgrade hotspot html directory was empty;
  • fixed universal client;
6.0 Stable 2013-May-17 (12 years ago)
  • added mac-cookie login method;
5.12 Stable 2012-Jan-19 (14 years ago)
  • added login redirect through http status 302;
5.11 Stable 2011-Dec-12 (14 years ago)
  • fixed https login (broken in v5.9);
5.9 Stable 2011-Nov-29 (14 years ago)
  • fixed login page to better handle big load;