First thing I'd do is fire up a billing system. Powercode or Visp are going to be the two options I'd suggest you start looking at.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 12:45 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller <par...@cyberbroadband.net > wrote: > > Pretty sure you have to have Nat for that to work... > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Brandon Yuchasz" <li...@gogebicrange.net> > To: <af@afmug.com> > Subject: [AFMUG] Looking for help converting from a bridged network to > routed. (More Info) > Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2015 11:43 AM > > > Alright so I have always said I am not proud too admit when I am > uneducated in an area if it means learning something I need to know. So as > embarrassing as it is Ill open to robe. > > > > All APs are Cambium FSK and we are now deploying the PMP450 as well. > Backhauls are a mix of companies but we are looking to try and standardize, > Cambium, and Ligowave are the most used. > > > > Ill just use one site because they are all evolved in a similar way. But > we have several different sites that are all very similar. > > > > The site I would like to do first is Tower one, 5 FSK APs (PMP450 coming > soon) This site has a shed no heat and my equipment at the base is secured > in a locking large steel box. Think of a truck tool box. Backhauled to > Tower 2 through Ligowave and tower two has 5 FSK APs and one PMP450. This > site is really remote no roads and its all tied together in a weatherproof > box. > > > > So no managed switches, Single IP and DHCP. Never went then way of > NAT. > > > > We have no real monitoring for customers date use, we limit up and down > speeds at the SM. We don’t shape no caps you get the idea. So existing > equipment is useless for this process. Our customers are quite happy with > the services but I am blind. I will most likely double my size in the next > 6 months and I can’t keep doing it this way. > > > > Brandon > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jeremy > *Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 10:51 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Looking for help converting from a bridged > networktorouted. > > > > Also, depending on your monitoring system, you should be able to track CPE > and AP bandwidth as is. > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > The availability of inexpensive Mikrotik routers made this much less of an > issue than it used to be. Even at micropops that I bridge, I put a small > Mikrotik like a 450G or a 2011 there as a managed switch. That way it can > be converted to routed, often without a truck roll. > > > > One question is how you assign IP addresses to customers. Static with NAT > in CPE? DHCP? PPPoE? Do you NAT multiple customers to one public IP? > This may determine which approach is easiest to migrate to. Router at each > tower with block of public IPs? VLANs to central site with big central > router? > > > > > > *From:* That One Guy <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > > *Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 10:23 AM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Looking for help converting from a bridged > networktorouted. > > > > not to hijack you, but there are some who maintain a fully bridged network > and use VLAN instead of routing, this I am curious about, it may be a cost > effective solution for you as well. > > > > I started our migration 4ish years ago and had the budget cut out from > under me with only half the routers deployed, let me tell you, a 50/50 > network sucks a great deal to manage. whatever you do, make sure you have > all your routers on your desk before you begin > > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Everyone seems to have lived through this evolution at some point. > > A bridged WISP is asking for trouble. > > > > How many APs and how many sites? Are the switches at the sites capable of > supporting VLANs? That is where I would start. Either that or replacing > the switches with routers. Personally, one router with VLANS to each AP > via managed switches would be my preference. > > > > *From:* Brandon Yuchasz <li...@gogebicrange.net> > > *Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 9:10 AM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Looking for help converting from a bridged network > torouted. > > > > I am looking for help converting our network from bridged to routed. This > is something I don’t have a lot of background in but I also don’t want to > end the process having a system I can’t fix so I will need someone that is > willing to both do the work and teach me at the same time. Depending on how > the process works in regards to time I am hoping to spend an hour a week > working over the phone and through a remote desktop app. > > > > My main reasons for working on this now are I need to see bandwidth use > per SM, per AP, and have better ways of tracking both long term. We are > just to blind right now and starting to really grow again I need to get it > under control now before we get to large. > > > > I am open to suggestions on routers but already had purchased microtik and > butches scripts which after trying and failing to get it to work never > implemented. > > > > Contact me off list bran...@gogebicrange.net if you can help. > > > > Thanks, > > Brandon Yuchasz > > GogebicRange.net > > > > > > -- > > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team > as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > > >
