Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
I've got the server in production now. Everything is a bit overkill (except the CPU, but it's ok). 1.6GHz Atom (dual core, HT off), 2GB of RAM and dual 16GB high speed CF cards (RAID-1 in a 2.5 SATA enclosure). The UM interface is still not instantaneous, but it is improved. When it hits the CPU hard (which it does), it only pulls 50% (one core, would only hit 25% when HT was enabled in the BIOS and the RouterOS was showing 4 cores). I see the CPU perk above 50% during those times, telling me that the SMP support it doing it's job and the other core is being used for other tasks. RAM and storage usage is minimal. If anyone else is wanting to try something similar, I'd recommend throwing more CPU at it. This board made for a clean, cheap and easy solution though. -Paul On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: I don't know if I would get an Atom CPU for a user manager box but I know that box would be an improvement over the RB anything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: So you think an Atom based x86 server with an SSD will do pretty well for a dedicated User Manager box? Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101262 -Paul On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: You may be having a disk IO issue - the Routerboards are quite slow reading to disk. A junkyard PC would probably be faster then the RB1000. Do you have CPU and RAM graphed? If not you should...and on every other RouterOS device, too. As of 3.18 or 22 (around there) you get /sys store which let's you move just about everything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: I'd be very interested in something like this. I attempted a freeradius install once, but gave up when I found the User Manager so quick and easy. So would running the UM in a VM likely solve the performance issues? There is one other thing I thought of: I downgraded the RAM in the RB1000 where I'm running the UM to 512MB (from 2GB) when I was troubleshooting an issue earlier. I put the board back into production but forgot to restore the RAM. Perhaps that might help... I'm using the internal filesystem on the RB, can I point the UM to a CF card instead? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
It'll be a temporary solution until we get our VMWare cluster, I went ahead and ordered it. -Paul On Jul 12, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: I don't know if I would get an Atom CPU for a user manager box but I know that box would be an improvement over the RB anything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: So you think an Atom based x86 server with an SSD will do pretty well for a dedicated User Manager box? Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101262 -Paul On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: You may be having a disk IO issue - the Routerboards are quite slow reading to disk. A junkyard PC would probably be faster then the RB1000. Do you have CPU and RAM graphed? If not you should...and on every other RouterOS device, too. As of 3.18 or 22 (around there) you get /sys store which let's you move just about everything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: I'd be very interested in something like this. I attempted a freeradius install once, but gave up when I found the User Manager so quick and easy. So would running the UM in a VM likely solve the performance issues? There is one other thing I thought of: I downgraded the RAM in the RB1000 where I'm running the UM to 512MB (from 2GB) when I was troubleshooting an issue earlier. I put the board back into production but forgot to restore the RAM. Perhaps that might help... I'm using the internal filesystem on the RB, can I point the UM to a CF card instead? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
We're being quoted for a VMWare cluster to consolidate our servers. Not sure what the timeframe is, but I was thinking I'd run either a radius server or an instance of RouterOS dedicated to the UM within a VM. Is anyone doing that? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote: Not a bunch of CPU there ... -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 5:59 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives Running on an RB1000. -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What kind of hardware are you running this on? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
Not sure where VMware's latest products stand as far as disks but realize that RouterOS didn't support SCSI until the latest beta 5.0. IDE disks may still be around in VMware ESX, but I know Server 2 doesn't nor does ESXi 3.5 or 4.0. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: We're being quoted for a VMWare cluster to consolidate our servers. Not sure what the timeframe is, but I was thinking I'd run either a radius server or an instance of RouterOS dedicated to the UM within a VM. Is anyone doing that? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote: Not a bunch of CPU there ... -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 5:59 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives Running on an RB1000. -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What kind of hardware are you running this on? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:04, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.comwrote: Not sure where VMware's latest products stand as far as disks but realize that RouterOS didn't support SCSI until the latest beta 5.0. IDE disks may still be around in VMware ESX, but I know Server 2 doesn't nor does ESXi 3.5 or 4.0. At least for ESXi 4.0, this is wrong. IDE disks aren't available in the create new VM wizard, but you can edit the VM afterwards and change a disk from SCSI to IDE. My Dude installation has been running on ESXi 4 for months. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 12:04 -0400, Josh Luthman wrote: Not sure where VMware's latest products stand as far as disks but realize that RouterOS didn't support SCSI until the latest beta 5.0. IDE disks may still be around in VMware ESX, but I know Server 2 doesn't nor does ESXi 3.5 or 4.0. If you build the VM as a Windows 3.1 instance, it will give you IDE... -- * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/* Network Engineering * * http://store.wispgear.net/* Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
Looking at ESXi 4.0 right now and I can not add an IDE controller. The oldest Windows guest OS was NT4. Tried virtual hardware 4. I can add new disks to the SCSI interface but can not add any other storage related interfaces. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Butch Evans but...@butchevans.com wrote: On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 12:04 -0400, Josh Luthman wrote: Not sure where VMware's latest products stand as far as disks but realize that RouterOS didn't support SCSI until the latest beta 5.0. IDE disks may still be around in VMware ESX, but I know Server 2 doesn't nor does ESXi 3.5 or 4.0. If you build the VM as a Windows 3.1 instance, it will give you IDE... -- * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
Everything other than VoIP I currently run in VMs. Working on radius - MT. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/12/2010 10:58 AM, Paul Gerstenberger wrote: We're being quoted for a VMWare cluster to consolidate our servers. Not sure what the timeframe is, but I was thinking I'd run either a radius server or an instance of RouterOS dedicated to the UM within a VM. Is anyone doing that? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 7:38 PM, Dennis Burgess wrote: Not a bunch of CPU there ... -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 5:59 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives Running on an RB1000. -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What kind of hardware are you running this on? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Paul Gerstenbergerpa...@hrec.coop wrote: We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
On Mon, 2010-07-12 at 12:17 -0400, Josh Luthman wrote: Looking at ESXi 4.0 right now and I can not add an IDE controller. The oldest Windows guest OS was NT4. Tried virtual hardware 4. I can add new disks to the SCSI interface but can not add any other storage related interfaces. As I don't have an ESXi server, I am simply going by what this guy said: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=15t=36227p=201817hilit=esxi#p201817 -- * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation* * http://www.butchevans.com/* Network Engineering * * http://store.wispgear.net/* Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:17, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.comwrote: Looking at ESXi 4.0 right now and I can not add an IDE controller. The oldest Windows guest OS was NT4. Tried virtual hardware 4. I can add new disks to the SCSI interface but can not add any other storage related interfaces. Since VMware still installs an IDE controller by default, for the VM's CD-ROM, the option almost certainly is there. (On my setup, you log into vSphere, select the VM, click Edit Settings, go to the Hardware tab, click Add, pick Hard Disk, and two or three steps in you can change it from SCSI to IDE. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
Found my issue - when making a New Virtual Machine specify Typical - NOT Custom. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:31 PM, David E. Smith d...@mvn.net wrote: On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:17, Josh Luthman j...@imaginenetworksllc.com wrote: Looking at ESXi 4.0 right now and I can not add an IDE controller. The oldest Windows guest OS was NT4. Tried virtual hardware 4. I can add new disks to the SCSI interface but can not add any other storage related interfaces. Since VMware still installs an IDE controller by default, for the VM's CD-ROM, the option almost certainly is there. (On my setup, you log into vSphere, select the VM, click Edit Settings, go to the Hardware tab, click Add, pick Hard Disk, and two or three steps in you can change it from SCSI to IDE. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
I'd be very interested in something like this. I attempted a freeradius install once, but gave up when I found the User Manager so quick and easy. So would running the UM in a VM likely solve the performance issues? There is one other thing I thought of: I downgraded the RAM in the RB1000 where I'm running the UM to 512MB (from 2GB) when I was troubleshooting an issue earlier. I put the board back into production but forgot to restore the RAM. Perhaps that might help... I'm using the internal filesystem on the RB, can I point the UM to a CF card instead? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
You may be having a disk IO issue - the Routerboards are quite slow reading to disk. A junkyard PC would probably be faster then the RB1000. Do you have CPU and RAM graphed? If not you should...and on every other RouterOS device, too. As of 3.18 or 22 (around there) you get /sys store which let's you move just about everything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: I'd be very interested in something like this. I attempted a freeradius install once, but gave up when I found the User Manager so quick and easy. So would running the UM in a VM likely solve the performance issues? There is one other thing I thought of: I downgraded the RAM in the RB1000 where I'm running the UM to 512MB (from 2GB) when I was troubleshooting an issue earlier. I put the board back into production but forgot to restore the RAM. Perhaps that might help... I'm using the internal filesystem on the RB, can I point the UM to a CF card instead? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
So you think an Atom based x86 server with an SSD will do pretty well for a dedicated User Manager box? Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101262 -Paul On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: You may be having a disk IO issue - the Routerboards are quite slow reading to disk. A junkyard PC would probably be faster then the RB1000. Do you have CPU and RAM graphed? If not you should...and on every other RouterOS device, too. As of 3.18 or 22 (around there) you get /sys store which let's you move just about everything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: I'd be very interested in something like this. I attempted a freeradius install once, but gave up when I found the User Manager so quick and easy. So would running the UM in a VM likely solve the performance issues? There is one other thing I thought of: I downgraded the RAM in the RB1000 where I'm running the UM to 512MB (from 2GB) when I was troubleshooting an issue earlier. I put the board back into production but forgot to restore the RAM. Perhaps that might help... I'm using the internal filesystem on the RB, can I point the UM to a CF card instead? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
I don't know if I would get an Atom CPU for a user manager box but I know that box would be an improvement over the RB anything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: So you think an Atom based x86 server with an SSD will do pretty well for a dedicated User Manager box? Something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101262 -Paul On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: You may be having a disk IO issue - the Routerboards are quite slow reading to disk. A junkyard PC would probably be faster then the RB1000. Do you have CPU and RAM graphed? If not you should...and on every other RouterOS device, too. As of 3.18 or 22 (around there) you get /sys store which let's you move just about everything. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: I'd be very interested in something like this. I attempted a freeradius install once, but gave up when I found the User Manager so quick and easy. So would running the UM in a VM likely solve the performance issues? There is one other thing I thought of: I downgraded the RAM in the RB1000 where I'm running the UM to 512MB (from 2GB) when I was troubleshooting an issue earlier. I put the board back into production but forgot to restore the RAM. Perhaps that might help... I'm using the internal filesystem on the RB, can I point the UM to a CF card instead? -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
That's fantastic...please post the URL when done. Scott I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
Don't know where you are running UM and having an issue. WE have these systems running at 8k customers in some cases with results coming back within 100ms via radius.If you need to shoot us a call, we are a WISPA vendor member, and can make some recommendations. --- Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik WISP Support Services Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training - Author of Learn RouterOS -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 12:18 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
What kind of hardware are you running this on? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
Running on an RB1000. -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What kind of hardware are you running this on? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
What if you used a second Tik box? On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Mike Hammett wispawirel...@ics-il.net wrote: I am working on making a fresh WIKI article to walk someone through setting up FreeRADIUS, MySQL, and FreeSide. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/9/2010 12:21 PM, David wrote: You should switch to using and external radius like freeradius and use a database like mysql. David Blood -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:18 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul --- - WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ --- - WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives
Not a bunch of CPU there ... -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Paul Gerstenberger Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 5:59 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Mikrotik User Manager Limitations and Alternatives Running on an RB1000. -Paul On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:12 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: What kind of hardware are you running this on? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Paul Gerstenberger pa...@hrec.coop wrote: We've started out using the Mikrotik User Manager package on an RB1000 for our PPPoE authentication and accounting, but the interface is slowing down now that we've got a few hundred customers on it and a few months of accounting info. And we're only about a quarter of the way into our current customer base. I like the simplicity and integration of the user manager, but is it just not practical for 1000+ accounts? What of running RouterOS and UM on x86 hardware? Is there a way to clear the log files or groom them past a month or two to keep the database size in check? The last backup I took was 14Mb. -Paul WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
