Procera isn’t licensed per user .. it’s licensed based on throughput and features
> On Nov 23, 2016, at 1:51 PM, Kurt Fankhauser <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, I think Procera and Sandvine both have a per user cost (maybe a couple > dollars per user) and Procera has a cost for purchasing upfront. My box which > can do a gig of traffic cost $18,000 with the first year of signature updates > and it is like $2500 annually after that. > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Wireless Administrator <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Kurt, > > We use PPPoE/Radius to set basic Queues on the Access Servers but want to do > shaping at an application level. Ntop reports are showing an increasing > number of things getting out of control. Windows updates %#@?! for one. > > > > Steve > > > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>] On > Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 1:44 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Traffic Shaping Appliance > > > > Are you are just looking to shape general traffic to a client (like give > someone a 1.5Mbps plan) then you could use Mikrotik and simple queues which > is very in-expensive. If you want to do some shaping on an application like > only streaming or Windows Updates and stuff like that then that's where > things start to get expensive. I am using the Procera myself for that and > although I havn't tried any of the other brands you mention I am very happy > with the Procera. > > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Wireless Administrator <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > We’re in the market for a traffic shaping appliance and have had a look at > Procera so far. I have a list of vendors/products a have assembled over time > that I was going to look into: > > > > Saisei > > NetEqualizer > > Packeteer (Bluecoat) > > NetEnforcer (Allot) > > Network Composer (Cymphonix) > > Exinda > > > > Anyone care to share experiences on this subject? > > > > Steve B. > > > > > >
