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/
