I am setting up my first paid hotspot with User Manager. I am reading that Paypal and Authorize.net need a public url and/or IP address and http port 80 on my Mikrotik for payment transaction acknowledgment. But my WISP is blocking port 80 so they can administer their CPE!!

Is this going to be a problem???

Just point me to some search terms or topics and I'll take it from there (I hope).
Thanks!

PayPal requirements

To allow PayPal payments for users the following requirements must be met:

* User Manager v3.0 (>= 3.0beta6) or v2.9.x (>= 2.9.41) package installed on the router. See: Getting started;
* User Manager subscriber created (See: Getting started);
* Subscriber must have merchant PayPal account;
* Web server on the router must be configured to support secure SSL connections (See HTTPS connection enabling);
* HotSpot router should contain entries in 'walled-garden to User Manager router and Paypal webpage,
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Authorize.Net requirements

To allow Authorize.Net payments for users the following requirements must be met:

* User Manager v3.0 (or v2.9.x, >= 2.9.40) package installed on the router. See: Getting started;
* User Manager subscriber created (See: Getting started);
* Subscriber must have merchant account in Authorize.Net gateway;
* Web server on the router must be configured to support secure SSL connections (See HTTPS connection enabling);
* HotSpot router should contain entries in 'walled-garden to User Manager router and Authorize.net webpage,


HTTPS runs on port 443 (by default), not port 80.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/User_Mana ... r_payments

fewi,

Thank you VERY much for the reply! I already had that wiki page printed out and notes scribbled on it

3.Secure response. When checked, PayPal will send response via HTTPS. Otherwise response will be send via HTTP;

I guess my concern was the HTTP response from Paypal using port 80...

If I get a SSL certificate for HTTPS, does that mean I will be using port 443 instead of port 80 and it won't matter that my WISP is blocking port 80?

Thanks again for helping me surmount this steep learning curve.

If I get a SSL certificate for HTTPS, does that mean I will be using port 443 instead of port 80 and it won't matter that my WISP is blocking port 80?

Yes.

Awesome! I'm staking a lot on this business... thanks for reducing the worry load