Hi there,

I am fairly experienced with Linux, but less so with routing and routerOS. I bought hAPl and I do need some advice. .

I want to set up a system that reliably provides access to a survey served from a laptop to anyone who connects to the WiFi provided by hAP.

I have configured the laptop; it runs the webserver, hostname is set in /etc/hosts as 192.168.88.2 lime.lab.3 lime
Dnsmasq picks this up nicely.

I want to connect hAP to the laptop via cable to eth port 1 so that it is getting dns and dhcp settings from the laptop. Then everyone who connects to WiFi provided by hAP should be redirected to http://lime.lab.3 - there apache would serve the landing page pointing to the survey at http://lime.lab.3/lime/surveyID
Initially I tried to set everything up with dnsmasq and hostapd just form the laptop, but I understood that it would be better to use MikroTIK access point as that may be more reliable.
Could anyone comment if this setup is feasible and if I am on the right track?
Presently I think what I should do with the router is to
[*] set up wifi - preferably without authentication (network only used for very short time to collect feedback after teaching)
[*] set up hotspot as walled garden only allowing access to http://lime.lab.3
[*] probably to set up also https service with a self-signed certificate

Does this seem feasible? Anything I should consider?

Paldies, Roberts

You're on the right track

Thanks for the encouragement. Are there ways how to smoothly get around connection detectors on android and ios? Can I perhaps put relevant links on my webserver and if so - how?