On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 22:48, Bobby Bounds wrote: > Hi y'all . . . . . I've got a few quick questions:
OK. > > 1. What percent of WISP's are doing web caching? What products are you > using for this? Is it a good thing? Pros/Cons? Quite a few and not many, just depends on how you look at it. Many reasons to use caching. > > 2. Is anyone firewalling their customers? If so, what products are > used? Is it a good thing for a WISP to be firewalling their customers > connection or should they be providing an 'unaltered' internet > connection (e.g. the recent Blaster worm.....should the WISP be > blocking those ports)? Good question. Yes. Many are using the Mikrotik solution and Eje is the guy to speak with. One good size WISP shreve.net can speak from experience also. > > 3. A system like Mikrotik does the QOS/Bandwidth Mgmt. and > authentication, but does it also do 1. and 2. ? Does a guy need > separate boxes for these functions? Yes, MT does all the above. Yet, without knowing more about your requirement, it's hard to say you'd want it all to be on a single box. That said, it is possible. Dee -- W.D.McKinney (Dee) Alaska Wireless Systems Direct (907)349-4308 -=- Mobile (907)230-5048 http://www.akwireless.net ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
