Re: WISPr-Bandwidth question

2008-12-18 Thread Alan DeKok
kevin wrote: 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? The RADIUS client (NAS) that receives the WISPr-Bandwidth attribute is responsible for enforcing it. What I'm getting at is, is a

Re: WISPr-Bandwidth question

2008-12-18 Thread kevin
On Thu, 2008-12-18 at 15:05 +0100, Alan DeKok wrote: kevin wrote: 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? The RADIUS client (NAS) that receives the WISPr-Bandwidth attribute is

Re: WISPr-Bandwidth question

2008-12-18 Thread tnt
On the other hand, I think I've narrowed down my choices for NAC. I will look further into UNI-FY, but right now I think my best option, without having to go to open-wrt or whatever, with some version of chilli (or derivative) integration, is looking like ZeroShell: http://www.zeroshell.net

Re: WISPr-Bandwidth question

2008-12-17 Thread Leigh Martell
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 client, Just as you would in an unauthenticated wired/wireless network

WISPr-Bandwidth question

2008-12-17 Thread kevin
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

Re: WISPr-Bandwidth question

2008-12-17 Thread tnt
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? When you use bandwidth control attributes they are used by your NAS (AP, router, switch, captive portal ...). You should read NAS documentation to find

Re: WISPr-Bandwidth question

2008-12-17 Thread kevin
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