I don't know if I would get an Atom CPU for a user manager box but I know that box would be an improvement over the RB anything.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Paul Gerstenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > So you think an Atom based x86 server with an SSD will do pretty well for a > dedicated User Manager box? > > Something like this: > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101262 > > -Paul > > On Jul 12, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > > 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 <[email protected]> > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > 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! 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