Hi Matt, I have built usage-based accounting systems for ISPs using NetFlow and/or RADIUS Accounting and MySQL running on Linux. Contact me directly to discuss.
Tim -- Tim Sylvester Network RADIUS (408) 826-8350 (o) (408) 334-1700 (m) tim.sylves...@networkradius.com > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:24 PM > To: Mikrotik discussions; WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Bandwidth Tracking Solutions > > Hello list, > > I am looking for a solution that will keep track of the monthly > bandwidth consumption for all of my broadband customers and am having a > hard time coming up with a good solution. > > Our goal is to collect the traffic flows every 15 minutes and generate > three things: > > 1) Internal reports showing bandwidth consumption by customers and > that is in a database form that we can perform queries on > 2) Data that can be exported to our customer portal page that will > show customers how much bandwidth they have consumed since the first of > each month > 3) A batch file showing customers over their thresholds that we > can > import into our billing system (Freeside) at the end of the month so we > can bill overages > > Our system is setup as follows: > > 1) StarOS access points > 2) OSPF backbone back to two separate 50 meg Internet backbone > links > 3) Mikrotik core routers at each backbone location > 4) StarOS routers performing NAT at each backbone location > 5) Mikrotik edge routers connected to the Internet backbone > > Radius accounting is not an option, due to inaccurate IP accounting > information returned by the StarOS APs. PPPoE is also not an option > as > we have 2000+ customers in place and not all of the hardware would > easily convert to PPPoE. > > Ideally, the data should be collectable at the Mikrotik core routers, > as > that is the place where all of the private IP traffic is still in its > pre-NAT status. We have been trying to keep track of it with Netflow > data from our Mikrotik core routers, but it does not seem to be > accurate > and there are documented problems with the Mikrotik Netflow exports. > We > have confirmed that the data we have been collecting is not accurate, > and I have no intention on billing a customer based on inaccurate data. > > We have a couple of reporting engines that we have tried, with mixed > levels of success. I did contact Brandon Checketts about his program, > which was close to what we wanted, but it is out of date and he was not > responsive so our efforts are focused on either using something open > source that we can modify or just buying an appliance that will do what > we need. My preference is to go open source because we have multiple > backbone connections and also because I have several consulting > customers who want to have similar setups put in place on their > networks. Also, I want to make sure that this is "revenue neutral" > and > can pay for for itself in the overage billing after it is installed. > > We can install either a switch or a transparent bandwidth monitoring > server of some kind between the core and NAT servers to collect the > data > flows. My lead tech and I are both Linux savvy, and would prefer > something that runs on Linux. > > I recall that Travis Johnson posted a description of an open source, > linux-based system that he uses to track bandwidth, but I cannot find > the email where he lays all of the elements out. Does anyone have any > recommendations for this situation? > > Thanks! > > Matt Larsen > vistabeam.com > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------- > 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/
