powercode is implementing mikrotik, still in beta but they were moving at a good clip bugfixing. we run a bmu at each provider currently
On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Charles Boening <[email protected]> wrote: > Another option is NetFlow. The tough part is tying the user to the IP > for a specific date and time. Especially if the IP changes. > > > > We use Calix Flow Analyzer. They purchased the old Xangati platform a few > years back. > > > > When a user logs in (DHCP through our captive portal), a RADIUS packet > goes to the Calix system. It then knows what username had what IP and > when. You can use their API to pull reports (hourly, daily, weekly, > monthly, etc.). This data could then be fed to your billing system. > > > > Not sure if it would work for your application but it may be something > worth considering. > > > > > > > > Charlie > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > *Charles Boening* > > *Network Manager* > > 800-858-2399 | Office > > [email protected] > > > > www.cot.net | Find us on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cal-Ore/205066716227707> > > __________________________________ > > *Cal-Ore* | *Real. Local. Trusted. Professional.* > > > > *From:* Af <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Lewis Bergman > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 4, 2018 11:55 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] usage based billing > > > > Well....I pity you on your billing platform but I understand it. I would > look into using RADIUS. At least when I was doing it, it was well > supported. I can't imagine Cambium would remove the functionality when it > already worked. You have to make a number of entries into the config to > allow the routers and AP's to forward those packets to the RADIUS server > without being rejected but that is a one time config. We used FreeRADIUS > when we did it. Don't know what you are using but the feature is part of > the RADIUS standard so I would think they would all be capable. > > > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 1:36 PM Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hmm, ok.. > We are moving everything towards radius soon anyways for a complete zero > touch setup down to techs using tablets for final signature and payment on > site. > I did not think of radius pulling that data but absolutely. > We still use freeside for our billing CRM. > > Thanks > Dave > > > > > On 04/04/2018 11:32 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > Well, Are you taking about what to use for billing? There are a few that > require edge boxes to monitor traffic. You could use RADIUS. We used to use > that. Takes a bit to get it correct but MT supports sending periodic > updates with byte counters to track usage. Your billing platform would have > to support the logic to pull it from the DB and do some if over x type > logic I would guess. > > > > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 10:40 AM Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone using usage based billing on their networks? If so what are you > using? > What is good for an all mikrotik routed network? > > > > -- > > > > -- > >
