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IP Pool Management

Learn how to create and manage IP address pools for PPPoE, hotspot, and static IP customers and how they sync with your MikroTik router.

What is an IP pool?

An IP pool is a range of IP addresses that MikroTik assigns to PPPoE customers when they connect. Instead of giving each customer a fixed IP, the router picks the next available address from the pool.

For static IP customers, you assign a specific address from outside the pool — or from a dedicated static pool — so it never changes.

Creating a pool in Jasiyo

Go to IP Pools in your ISP dashboard and click Add Pool. Fill in:

Name A descriptive name, e.g. pppoe-pool
Range e.g. 192.168.88.10-192.168.88.250
Router Which router this pool belongs to

Jasiyo will create the pool on your MikroTik automatically via the phone-home agent.

The ISP auto-setup script (Routers → Run ISP Setup) creates a default pool automatically using the range 192.168.88.10-192.168.88.250. You only need to create a pool manually if you want a custom range or multiple pools on one router.

PPPoE pools

PPPoE profiles in MikroTik reference a pool by name. When Jasiyo creates a PPPoE profile (plan), it links it to the correct pool on the router. Customers connecting via that plan get an IP from that pool.

MikroTik — what Jasiyo creates automatically

/ip pool add name=pppoe-pool ranges=192.168.88.10-192.168.88.250
/ppp profile add name=jasiyo-10mbps local-address=192.168.88.1 \
  remote-address=pppoe-pool rate-limit=5M/10M

Static IP assignments

For customers who need a fixed IP (typically business clients), you assign a Static IP directly on their customer profile in Jasiyo. This IP is set as the remote-address on their PPPoE secret, overriding the pool.

Make sure static IPs are outside your dynamic pool range to avoid address conflicts. For example, if your pool is 192.168.88.10–250, use 192.168.88.2–9 for static assignments.

Planning tips

→ A /24 subnet gives you up to 253 usable addresses. If you have more than 200 PPPoE customers on one router, use a /23 (192.168.88.0/23 = 510 addresses).
→ Keep separate pools for different service types (PPPoE vs hotspot) to make firewall rules and troubleshooting easier.
→ Use private RFC1918 ranges: 192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, or 172.16.x.x.
→ Reserve the first few IPs in each subnet for your router's bridge/gateway address and static assignments.

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