Unless he is looking at overlaying on an existing network (as is alluded to at the bottom of this email), UniFi will handle basically everything he is asking for with about 1 hour worth of custom scripting for the authentication/payment piece.
Mikrotik will certainly handle this, but the implementation time would be significantly more. If he is wanting to do this over the top of an existing network, then UniFi would not work, but Mikrotik certainly will. On 07/06/2012 07:44 AM, Steve Barnes wrote: > Mikrotik would be much better for what your talking about doing. You are > talking about a lot of router functions. UBNT has some ability but is mostly > a Wireless OS. Where Mtik has some wireless ability but is a RouterOS. > > Steve Barnes > General Manager > PCS-WIN / RC-WiFi > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Rogelio > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 6:37 AM > To: Sam Tetherow > Cc: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] UBNT APs: can they do UAM + DHCP on one "fat" AP? > > Thanks, Sam. That is helpful. > > FWIW, I'm currently researching the following things on UBNT... > > 1) How exactly is UAM done on all Ubiquiti radios? Specifically, can an AP > do the following... > > a) white lists an offsite portal page (e.g. NNU or Aptilo) > b) redirects unauthorized users to this portal page? > c) after client pays on portal page, tell the AP UAM webserver on Ubiquiti > radio to authenticate the user > d) pre-authenticate user MAC addresses that roam from other APs? > > 2) If a Ubiquiti device already services an SSID, how can it also serve a > separate SSID that (a) does it's own UAM, and (b) does its own DHCP scope? > Can I do this existing hardware? Or do I need to get a new radio for each > new service? > > Ideally, I'd like to "stack services" on existing UBNT networks, as well as > roll out new ones...hence the reason I'm hoping for some sort of simple UAM > overlay. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Sam Tetherow<tethe...@shwisp.net> wrote: >> This sounds pretty much like UniFi. The UniFi units do not handle the >> DHCP so you would need something handing out leases like a small Mikrotik >> box. >> You then add all the UniFi units that you want to be 'seamless' to the >> same network in the unifi controller. The unifi controller can be run >> anywhere that is reachable from the UniFi units (the UniFi's do not >> have to be reachable from the controller though, so then can be behind a >> NAT). >> >> >> >> On 07/04/2012 05:17 PM, Rogelio wrote: >> >> (Apologies if my questions are a bit naive, I'm still getting used to >> how Ubiquiti does things. I've always done things the traditional way >> in carrier networks, i.e. tunneling everything back to the core and >> then breaking out traffic accordingly). >> >> I have some questions about Ubiquiti's ability to integrate with UAM. >> >> I have a scenario where I will have approximately 1000-2000 APs >> scattered across different extremely rural areas with limited backhaul >> space. These areas will likely NOT have the expertise to properly >> babysit a core solution. >> >> In a past life, I've often just put in an access point with some sort >> of DHCP solution and UAM redirect. This AP plugged directly into the >> modem (DSL, cable, etc) and then got a public CPE address which I >> could manage remotely. When customers hit the open SSID, they got a >> spash page that was served by NetNearU (NetNearU.com), and when they >> authenticated, their MAC was whitelisted on for the duration of time. >> When they went to another AP that had a different DHCP server, their >> MAC address was pre-authenticated and they appeared (from their perspective >> "to roam"). >> >> A few questions on how I can do this "The Ubiquiti Way". >> >> 1) Does Ubiquiti do DHCP at the edge on each AP? If not, is there some >> 3rd party software I can use? I understand if this is not supported >> and if I have to figure this out myself. That is not a problem. >> >> 2) Does Ubiquiti have a way of vectoring the users off to this >> database? I see that Chili has a plugin, and it looks relatively simple to >> integrate. >> Does this still work with the current OS? Or have things changed? >> >> http://coova.org/node/3685 >> >> 3) Can someone recommend a hosted user database solution that is cheap >> and reliable? If I had to roll it myself, what would you recommend? >> >> 4) Do I have to use UniFi? Can I just script out some sort of login >> script to quickly deploy and configure these thigns? >> >> This project (if it takes off) could be about 1000-2000 thousand APs >> scattered across rural Africa and South America. I'm hoping for >> limited equipment at the edge (things like battery backups and >> customized antennas may be needed in some cases, but I'm hoping for limited >> network equipment). >> >> If anyone has any ideas or would like for me to connect them with the >> various decision makers, please feel free to contact me offline. I'm >> not looking to make anything off this project, just donate a little >> time in helping it get off the ground by asking the right questions. >> >> -- >> Also on LinkedIn? Feel free to connect if you too are an open networker: >> scubac...@gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> > > > -- > Also on LinkedIn? 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