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    Centralised Router Configuration

    using
    RouterOS API and PHP

    Mike Everest, DuxTel Pty Ltd


    about us…

    about Mike Everest:


    •
    IT and Data Networking since 1986
    •
    Background in ISP since 1995
    •
    MikroTik Enthusiast since 2004
    •
    Formed DuxTel in 2007

    about DuxTel:
    •
    ISP and Public Access Specialist
    •
    Data Network Hardware and Software solutions
    •
    MikroTik Distributor in Australia and Pacific
    •
    Predominantly B2B
    why API?
    API = Application Programming Interface:
    A mechanism to automate configuration,
    management and monitoring tasks.

    Examples:
    Network of Freenet HotSpot devices based
    on advertising campaigns. API can be used
    to develop a means of automatically rolling
    out a walled garden list to all or selected
    hotspots, as well as to set campaign-
    specific info such as SSID name.

    Serviced Office network resource. API can


    be used to develop an automated means to
    enable/disable Aps and VirtualAPs, set and
    modify WPA encryption, enable/disable
    public access and/or authentication.
    a live example…
    how it works…

    internet
    putting it together…
    Step1:prepare the router
    putting it together…
    Step2:prepare the web site
    •
    install web server software: apache, IIS, lighttpd, etc
    •
    download & install php (http://php.net)
    •
    get the PHP API* class from
    http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/API_PHP_class
    API structure…
    Official Docs - http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:API

    Commands

    Filters

    Attributes
    API structure…
    Official Docs - http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:API

    Commands
    approximately equivalent to shell, e.g:
    /interface/vlan/remove
    Filters
    /ip/route/add
    use ‘getall’ instead of ‘print’, e.g:
    Attributes
    /ip/address/getall
    /ppp/secret/getall
    /hotspot/active/getall
    API structure…
    Official Docs - http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:API

    Commands

    filter results of getall, e.g:

    /interface/getall
    ?name=ether3

    Filters

    Attributes
    API structure…
    Official Docs - http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:API

    Commands

    Filters

    define specific parameters, e.g:

    /ip/address/add
    =address=192.168.1.1/24
    =interface=ether3

    Attributes
    sample application…
    step1: read the wireless interfaces and display
    •
    API->connect( router_address, uname, passwd )
    •
    API->write( command, process=true )
    •
    API->read( parse=true )

    •
    Always start with API->connect()
    •
    There must be 1 and only 1 API->read() for each
    API->write()
    sample application…
    step2: extract the interface ID, write a change
    sample application…
    step2: extract the interface ID, write a change
    sample application…
    step3: generalise it
    sample application…
    step3: generalise it
    sample application…
    step4: AJAX abstraction
    do it yourself…
    questions…?

    Mike Everest, DuxTel Pty Ltd


    www.duxtel.com.au
    shop.duxtel.com.au
    [email protected]

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