Thanks, Leigh... Yes, that does make more sense. How you explained it.
So basically, I would need to put a NAC (network access controller) at each remote location. BUT... I wouldn't necessarily have to put a "traditional" captive portal at each location, even though they would probably provide pretty much the same features. thx... Kevin On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 12:49 -0500, Leigh Martell wrote: > Hello Kevin, > > I can't answer definitively, but I would assume that it would be done > on your NAS(depending on your hardware these rules "could" be > propagated to the child devices). It would defy all logic for it to be > done on the clie nt, Just as you would in an unauthenticated > wired/wireless network it is always best to control traffic at the > distribution point. > > Hope that helps. > > Take Care, > Leigh Martell > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 12:14 PM, kevin <r...@yia.ca> wrote: > While an "out of the box" solution is where I'll probably end > up, I'm > battling with myself over the idea of how to best manage > bandwidth on a > network including multiple remote locations, with both wired > and > wireless connections. > > I'm moving to using freeradius to authenticate (which > ultimately will be > done by MAC for initial ease of setup) but I'm trying to > figure out > where the Bandwidth attributes actually are used. > > IOW, when using WISPr-Bandwidth, does that modify the client > connection > at the client computer or does that occur at a proxy or > firewall device? > What I'm getting at is, is a captive portal necessary or can a > person > simply have client authentication via freeradius and the > client network > card handle managing its own bandwidth? And if so, is there > any > possibility that the client computer could be modified by > someone with a > bit of skill to bypass those controls? > > Hope that made sense. > > Cheers, > > Kevin > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html