How do you purchase Brilan?

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joe Laura
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 12:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Client Authentication


Why cant Mikrotik be as easy as Brilan is? I plugged my first Brilan box in
and I was up and going in literally 20 minutes. I personally think Brilan
rocks for bandwidth managment. JMO
Superior Wireless
New Orleans,La.
www.superior1.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eje Gustafsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Martin Moreno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Client Authentication


> I'm not going to say anything about Brilan because I don't know about
> it.. But.. Mikrotik is not a pain once you gotten the GUI up and
> running it is very easy if you understand TCP/IP and routing. If you
> don't know TCP/IP or routing then NO router os will be easy.
> The CLI in MikroTik if you read over the manual and learn how it works
> is actually very easy to work with. Any time you want to be given your
> options hit tab twice type in next option then hit tab twice again and
> you get the new options. It makes it really easy to do things without
> knowing the commands or have a printed manual.
> Winbox to me at least is very self explanatory. I can't say that about
> the java stuff they had in 2.5 but 2.5 is years old.
>
> As for support MT might sometimes not be the quickest to answer and
> sometimes I know they get very frustrated especially when the one
> asking for support show a lack of understanding of TCP/IP and routing
> (not saying you do) which understandable can be very frustrating
> because at $45 you shouldn't expect a 101 lesson in TCP/IP or routing.
>
> Also there are other means of support. I offer paid support for MT if
> you need help I'm more then willing to help you out (but for a fee of
> course) and often if you buy the hardware from me and you need some
> basic help and hand holding in getting started I will try my best to
> help you going to certain limits. On a complete router that I sell for
> $365 don't expect to get 3-5 hours of free technical support.. Sure If
> I would sell the same unit for $995 then I would have no problem
> throwing in 3-5 hours free technical support but now I sell it as
> cheap as possible to make it as affordable unit for everyone.
>
> As for hopes v2.8 of MikroTik has very nice bw configuration one rule
> for upload and download. Heck even 2.7 if you just want to bandwidth
> limit a customer don't take anything extra. Just create one rule for
> up and one for down.
> For $45 you can hardly get much better.
>
> Best regards,
>  Eje Gustafsson                       mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The Family Entertainment Network      http://www.fament.com
> Phone : 620-231-7777                  Fax   : 620-231-4066
>      - Your Full Time Professionals -
> eBay UserID : macahan
> ---
> searchable smartBridges mailing list archive.
> http://www.mail-archive.com/smartbridges40part-15.org/
> --
> MM> Brilan is way easier to deal with althought the mikrotik has more
features but
> MM> Brilan will have the same by the end of the year. The brilan demo keep
in mind
> MM> only works for 2 hours then you have to reboot the box to get another
2 hours I
> MM> found this out the hard way. It will not work well on those all in one
machiens
> MM> like HP, Compaq etc.. I had mine up and running in less then a 1/2
hour
> MM> Miktorik is a pain in the ass to set up and maintain with the gui as
well as
> MM> without the command line interface.. and trying to get support forget
ti I went
> MM> 3 months postig to their mail forum trying to figure out how to do
bridge mode
> MM> and no one ever answered so I went to Brilan Tony is awesome and
sometimes
> MM> answers at wierd hours when you least expect it which is awesome..
>
>
>
>
> MM> You have to jump throug 3-4 hoops to make a bandwidth queue then mac
> MM> autehntication is a pain then you haev to do several other thigns to
throttle
> MM> one customer where as brilan takes abotu 2 steps and takes me less
then 2 min
> MM> to configure a user..
>
>
> MM> Quoting Gloria Vester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >> OK, can you help me figure out why the MikroTik router software I
downloaded
> >> and burned to CD won't load on the box we built for it?  I have burned
the CD
> >> three times, downloaded the file twice, but it will not load.  When I
try to
> >> boot from the CD, it comes up to the first line, something about
loading a
> >> kernel, then beeps and throws garbage on the screen that continues
rolling
> >> until you shut it off.  We built a box with an ECS K7S5A mobo, 700 MHz
AMD
> >> proc, 3 GB HD, and standard AGP video card.  Any ideas?  I have been on
the
> >> air for over a month now with no bandwidth control, even though I am
selling
> >> tiered bandwidth, because I have not been able to get anything working.
I
> >> tried the BriLan demo and couldn't get it working, now the MikroTik
won't
> >> even load.
> >>
> >> Thanks for any help,
> >> Gloria
> >>
> >>   ----- Original Message -----
> >>   From: Kevin Summers
> >>   To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>   Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 6:35 PM
> >>   Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Client Authentication
> >>
> >>
> >>   The MikroTik router OS runs on just about any old PC you might
> >>   have laying around. Throw two network cards into it and you've got
> >>   a router.
> >>   Kevin Summers
> >>   KISTech Internet Services Inc.
> >>   www.kistech.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     -----Original Message-----
> >>     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sevak Avakians
> >>     Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:51 PM
> >>     To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>     Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Client Authentication
> >>
> >>
> >>     Hi Kevin,
> >>
> >>     I've taken a look at MicroTik's website and it seems to be software
that
> >> runs on a desktop.  Is this correct or is it a separate piece of
hardware
> >> similar to a Linksys or Cysco, etc. router?
> >>
> >>     Thanks,
> >>     Sevak
> >>
> >>     On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 19:25, Kevin Summers wrote:
> >> Actually it's just the PPTP and HotSpot clients that get the
> >> DHCP addresses. PPPoE clients just get their assigned IP from
> >> the PPPoE login.
> >>
> >> The MikroTik router actually handles the HotSpot login page. Through
> >> the use of Firewall rules we've set things up to allow a link from
> >> the HotSpot login page to a secure page on our web server so that
> >> people can sign up.
> >>
> >> Kevin Summers
> >> KISTech Internet Services Inc.
> >> www.kistech.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Burgess
> >> > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:14 PM
> >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Client Authentication
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Kevin,
> >> >
> >> > Question,
> >> >
> >> > Why do you need to give your clients a DHCP IP ?  The PPPOE does that
> >> > already correct? Also, using the hotspot stuff, if a custoemer
assoicates
> >> > with one of my APs, could i setup a way so that they could only get
to my
> >> > webserver?  or a speical page saying, you can get our signal ??
> >> >
> >> > Dennis
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Kevin Summers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:23 PM
> >> > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Client Authentication
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >
> >> > > We're using the MikroTik Router OS for PPTP, PPPoE, and HotSpot
> >> > > authentication using username and password. No WEP encryption on
> >> > > any of the network. If it's so insecure, why take the performance
> >> > > hit. Can't do WEP when doing HotSpot anyway...
> >> > >
> >> > > Radios and such are on private static IPs, customers get a private
> >> > > DHCP IP until they log in, then they are given either their NATed
> >> > > private DHCP IP, or their public static IP.
> >> > >
> >> > > Kevin Summers
> >> > > KISTech Internet Services Inc.
> >> > > www.kistech.com
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rudolph
Worrell
> >> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 4:08 PM
> >> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > > > Subject: [smartBridges] Client Authentication
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > How do you authenticate your customers?  I am simply suing WEP
and a
> >> > DHCP
> >> > > > server.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > How many IP's do you have in your IP pool?  I have 1000 but I am
> >> > > > not sure it
> >> > > > will be enough when I get up to about 250 customers.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I use a separate IP scheme for the CPE and backhuals and this
works
> >> > fine.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Anyone else doing this?
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > --
> >> > > > Rudolph Worrell
> >> > > > President
> >> > > > Phone:(540)664-3950
> >> > > > Fax:(270)458-6431
> >> > > > www.wave2net.com
> >> > > >
> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------
> >> > > > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
> >> > > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
> >> > > > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
> >> > > > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 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
> >> > >
> >> > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
> >> > > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
> >> > > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm
> >> > >
> >> > > 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
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
> >> > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
> >> > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >> ----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
> >> Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
> >> http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
>
>
> MM> Martin Moreno
> MM> Blazen Wireless
> MM> 909-907-4106
> MM> www.blazenwireless.com
> MM> ----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
> MM> Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
> MM> http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm
>
> MM> The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List
> MM> To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe
smartBridges <yournickname>
> MM> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe
smartBridges)
> MM> Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
>
> --
> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus]
>
> ----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
> Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
> http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm
>
> 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
>

----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm

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

----------ANNOUNCEMENT----------
Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV
http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm

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  

Reply via email to