I wish powercode would implement something like this to simplify customer
router swaps. They have the lease and IP already in the BMU, wouldnt take a
whole lot other than everything is pesky https now

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 3:07 PM Charles Boening <[email protected]> wrote:

> Right.  We have our telco backend billing system (MACC) and some other
> custom stuff we handle it all out of.
>
>
>
> We use an in-house developed user management system for creating logins,
> managing email accounts and assigning radios/routers for provisioning.
>
>
>
> We’re mostly Cambium at this point.  Working on a few legacy WiMAX
> conversions still.  It’s all RADIUS for bandwidth settings, VLANs and such
> though for both systems.  We just put the user in the system with the radio
> MAC and a billing code.  The rest is handled by a custom RADIUS
> authentication module we wrote.
>
>
>
> We are using SmartRG and Calix routers.  Since we have them in inventory
> already, we assign the MAC to the customer and it’s automatically
> authenticated with the Patriot system.  Disconnects are automatically
> suspended.  A router swap will suspend the old device and authenticate the
> new device.
>
>
>
> Unknown wireless radios aren’t authorized and known radios not assigned to
> a customer get a 256k/256k plan.  😊
>
>
>
> We also enforce simultaneous use from the Patriot system.  If a customer
> has our router then connects their own, the original lease would be
> suspended on expiration.  If they reconnect the other router, it’s
> suspended so they would have to authenticate again.  If they try to
> authenticate multiple devices, the leases will expire and they will have to
> login again.  There is also a simultaneous use report from the Patriot
> system we can look at.
>
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> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * Josh Luthman
> *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2021 6:57 AM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DHCPatriot
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> So I take it you don't run a Powercode/Sonar/VISP/etc?  Instead you run
> DHCPatriot?
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> On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 10:30 PM Charles Boening <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> It does run Linux under the hood and I believe ISC DHCP.
>
>
>
> Essentially, I think they have tapped into the lease hooks ISC provided
> and run custom scripts.  I’ve never seen the code but that’s what I expect
> based on some ISC customization I’ve done to populate database information
> when a lease is issued or released.
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> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Craig Baird
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 20, 2021 11:41 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] DHCPatriot
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> The telco I sold my WISP to used it as well. I always wondered why, but
> never asked. I just assumed it was one of those "If it's free, it can't be
> good" decisions made by a pointy-haired boss. I just checked into their
> website. There's a chart there on the home page that shows how obviously
> awesome it is and how obviously un-awesome the open source ones are. Mostly
> marketing hype I'd guess. In fact, I'd bet it's an open source DHCP server
> dressed up in a pretty package with fancy reports and such.
>
>
>
> Craig
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>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 6:49 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> What is it?
>
> I can Google it.
>
> But it doesnt seem interesting
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 12:48 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> A company I am partnered with uses DHCPatriot to serve all of its
> customers.  I have never understood what is magic about this compared to
> free DHCP.
>
>
>
> Does anyone here use it?
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