PPPoE offer the following advantage to an operator. 1. Allows for central management of a subcriber (all / many aspects of the subcriber attributes) 2. Separates the physical network from the subscriber connection. (Which allows for network changes that could be totally transparent to the subscribers. 3. Allows for consistent management over different forms of service delivery networks. 4. Allows for Customer Service / Support Reps not to be full engineers.
All of these benefits are of lower value to a network operator with a small(er) number of low end (less sophisticated / residental or small business) subscribers. However all of these tend to have a very HIGH value to network operators who have a large(er) number of such subcribers. Faisal Imtiaz -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:24 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Really Simple Mikrotik shaping? Josh Luthman wrote: > Many client radios can do pppoe as well as Windows has it's own pppoe > client I am told that works quite well. (not trolling) PPPOE requires extra configuration for every client, requires extra configuration at every tower, and yields relatively little practical benefit - as shown here, every benefit PPPOE gives you, can be had another way that's easier on both the network operators and the customers. I really don't get the love affair with PPPOE; I assume there's something I'm missing, and I've always been curious as to what. (Also, having realized that Mikrotik includes built-in RADIUS relay, I think that will take care of the original question, and shoulda thought of it before.) 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/
