diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b219f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Broadcasting Routes
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| Here are the default broadcasting routes for Laravel WebSockets.
+| Users can override these by defining their own routes with the same names.
+|
+*/
+
+Route::any('broadcasting/auth', function () {
+    if (!request()->has('socket_id')) {
+        return response()->json(['error' => 'Socket ID is required'], 400);
+    }
+
+    if (!request()->has('channel_name')) {
+        return response()->json(['error' => 'Channel name is required'], 400);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        $auth = \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Broadcast::auth(request());
+    } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+        $auth = [];
+    }
+
+    $auth['socket_id'] = request()->get('socket_id');
+
+    config(['cache.default' => 'file']);
+    cache()->remember('socket_' . request()->get('socket_id'), 15, function () {
+        return [
+            'id' => optional(auth())->id(),
+            'type' => optional(auth())->user()
+                ? get_class(auth()->guard()->user())
+                : null,
+        ];
+    });
+
+    return @$auth;
+});
diff --git a/src/WebSocketsServiceProvider.php b/src/WebSocketsServiceProvider.php
index 01d464b..599375e 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketsServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/WebSocketsServiceProvider.php
@@ -36,15 +36,16 @@ class WebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     public function boot()
     {
         $this->publishes([
-            __DIR__.'/../config/websockets.php' => config_path('websockets.php'),
+            __DIR__ . '/../config/websockets.php' => config_path('websockets.php'),
         ], 'config');
 
         $this->mergeConfigFrom(
-            __DIR__.'/../config/websockets.php', 'websockets'
+            __DIR__ . '/../config/websockets.php',
+            'websockets'
         );
 
         $this->publishes([
-            __DIR__.'/Websocket' => app_path('Websocket')
+            __DIR__ . '/Websocket' => app_path('Websocket')
         ]);
 
         $this->registerDefaultWebsocketChannels();
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ class WebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 
         $this->registerDashboard();
 
+        $this->registerBroadcastAuthRoute();
+
         $this->registerCommands();
     }
 
@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ class WebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             $migrations = (new Finder())
                 ->files()
                 ->ignoreDotFiles(true)
-                ->in(__DIR__.'/../database/migrations/sqlite')
+                ->in(__DIR__ . '/../database/migrations/sqlite')
                 ->name('*.sql');
 
             /** @var SplFileInfo $migration */
@@ -140,11 +143,11 @@ class WebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         $this->app->singleton(ConnectionInterface::class, function () {
             $factory = new MySQLFactory($this->app->make(LoopInterface::class));
 
-            $connectionKey = 'database.connections.'.config('websockets.managers.mysql.connection');
+            $connectionKey = 'database.connections.' . config('websockets.managers.mysql.connection');
 
-            $auth = trim(config($connectionKey.'.username').':'.config($connectionKey.'.password'), ':');
-            $connection = trim(config($connectionKey.'.host').':'.config($connectionKey.'.port'), ':');
-            $database = config($connectionKey.'.database');
+            $auth = trim(config($connectionKey . '.username') . ':' . config($connectionKey . '.password'), ':');
+            $connection = trim(config($connectionKey . '.host') . ':' . config($connectionKey . '.port'), ':');
+            $database = config($connectionKey . '.database');
 
             $database = $factory->createLazyConnection(trim("{$auth}@{$connection}/{$database}", '@'));
 
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ class WebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
      */
     protected function registerDashboard()
     {
-        $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__.'/../resources/views/', 'websockets');
+        $this->loadViewsFrom(__DIR__ . '/../resources/views/', 'websockets');
 
         $this->registerDashboardRoutes();
         $this->registerDashboardGate();
@@ -264,6 +267,19 @@ class WebSocketsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Register the default broadcasting routes if not already defined.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function registerBroadcastAuthRoute()
+    {
+        // If broadcasting/auth route is not defined, load the default routes
+        if (! Route::has('broadcasting/auth')) {
+            $this->loadRoutesFrom(__DIR__ . '/../routes/api.php');
+        }
+    }
+
     protected function registerWebSocketHandler()
     {
         $this->app->singleton('websockets.handler', function () {
diff --git a/src/Websocket/Handler.php b/src/Websocket/Handler.php
index 068a673..8f3c0e3 100644
--- a/src/Websocket/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Websocket/Handler.php
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ class Handler implements MessageComponentInterface
     {
         $this->authenticateConnection($connection, null);
 
+        if (@$connection?->remoteAddress) {
+            request()->server->set('REMOTE_ADDR', $connection->remoteAddress);
+        }
+
         // remove connection from $channel_connections
         foreach ($this->channel_connections as $channel => $connections) {
             if (in_array($connection->socketId, $connections)) {