I am intrestred in setting up a box with the PPPoE setup, and bandwidth throttling. My users are only going to get 64, 128, 256, 384 and 512k depending on there service level. Plus, I want to be able to do web caching (saves me money on the backbone).
How much will the software cost ? Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eje Gustafsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dennis Burgess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Bandwidth hogs > > It is very powerful and at a very low price. > > You setup a pppoe server on the Mikrotik (not that hard to do). Then > simply you allow none ip traffic on your radius and if your clients us > a broadband router then you set it to use pppoe and provide the > username and password and it will take care of it if your clients are > windows machines (95/98/me/2k) then you need to install raspppoe (free > software) www.raspppoe.com on them and configure up the username and > password in the dailer (winxp have a pppoe client with it and has a > nice wizard to enable pppoe and take the username and password). > > I'm a Mikrotik OEM dealer and can provide the service and support for > you to implement this in your network as well sell you the hardware > and license. > > Best regards, > Eje Gustafsson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > The Family Entertainment Network http://www.fament.com > Phone : 620-231-7777 Fax : 620-231-4066 > Mikrotik OEM - Online Store http://www.fament/com/catalog/ > - Your Full Time Professionals - > > > Tuesday, July 8, 2003, 6:47:42 PM, you wrote: > > DB> Sounds like it is very powerful. And cost effective. How does the PPPoE > DB> work with it and clients? What would be the setup that you would do.. ? > > DB> Dennis > > DB> ----- Original Message ----- > DB> From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > DB> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > DB> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 6:16 PM > DB> Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Bandwidth hogs > > > >> > >> It doesn't actually do RADIUS itself, it acts as a RADIUS Client > >> and can authenticate user accounts on your RADIUS server. > >> > >> The MikroTik software can basically do anything you want to do > >> with routing. It does Source and Destination NAT, it allows you > >> to mark packets so they can be run through specific firewall > >> filters. It does PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP, VLAN, Queuing, bandwidth > >> limiting by profile, HotSpot, and many more. > >> > >> What can I say, I love this software. > >> > >> I have it set up on our network between the internet and the > >> wireless network. It authenticates the PPPoE and PPTP customers > >> through the internal user list, it authenticates HotSpot users > >> through our RADIUS server, it does NAT for most of the users, > >> and routes static IPs for the business customers. > >> > >> Need it to do more? Add another $10 network card and you've got > >> another port to work with. > >> > >> Kevin Summers > >> KISTech Internet Services Inc. > >> www.kistech.com > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Burgess > >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:18 PM > >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Bandwidth hogs > >> > > >> > > >> > After reading up on MikroTik, it looks pritty simple, and the costs are > >> > cheap. > >> > > >> > The quesiton to you is, you can use this as a Radius server, PPPOE, and > DB> do > >> > your bandwidth management, plus a web proxy all in one box. I have to > >> > admit, the 64meg IDE flash unit is pritty kewl, just wish they > >> > made a 40 gig > >> > version that was as cheap :) hehehe > >> > > >> > If thats the case, what I am looking for is a backbone router, to > DB> seperate > >> > my wireless customers, do bandwidth managment, web proxy > >> > (transparent), and > >> > radius. Does this do NAT only? I am waiting to actually route a Class > DB> C > >> > over my wireless network. > >> > > >> > Let me know. > >> > > >> > Dennis > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Mike Kelleher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:23 PM > >> > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Bandwidth hogs > >> > > >> > > >> > > I have the mikrotik software. Someday I will get around to figuring > DB> it > >> > out. > >> > > > >> > > Mike > >> > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Summers > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:09 PM > >> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Bandwidth hogs > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > We use MikroTik, which in version 2.7 allows you to set a > >> > > profile for specific types of customers and then assign each > >> > > client to their appropriate profile. It has queues too, but > >> > > as you said they work on a group basis. The profiles in MikroTik > >> > > are an awesome feature. It also has a default profile that you > >> > > can set to whatever suits your needs, so if you have clients > >> > > authenticating on the wireless through RADIUS they can be assigned > >> > > to the default profile. We use that for our HotSpot service. > >> > > > >> > > Kevin Summers > >> > > KISTech Internet Services Inc. > >> > > www.kistech.com > >> > > > > -- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
