Less than ideal for most fixed-wireless setups, but it's an option to consider if you are dealing with lots of laptop/single pc users.
I have heard of more and more people requiring a firewall/router for fixed wireless clients. They are so inexpensive these days and all of them support PPPoE.
-rob
At 04:27 PM 11/6/2003 +0000, you wrote:
One thing, if it's Windows XP, you should be able to connect without installing anything: http://www.radiant.net/techdocs%5CWinXPPPoEXPView.pdf
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- From: Colin Watson
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- Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:42 PM
- Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MikroTik Routers
- You need to install RASPPPoE software on the clients PC (technically, the license states they - the client - must download and install it, you are not supposed to supply it). http://www.raspppoe.com/
- Basically it installs a PPPoE layer, so Windows can deal with the PPP piped over ethernet connection. If the client is using linux or *bsd, the support already exists (tho they'd have to configure it themselves I'd imagine).
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- From: Blazen Wireless
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- Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:28 PM
- Subject: Re: [smartBridges] MikroTik Routers
- How do you do PPPOE if the client does not have a router and just a PC or laptop I cant remember if windows or mac allows for this?
- Do you have to add 3rd party software?
- Thanks
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- From: Jeremy Oswalt
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- Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:20 AM
- Subject: RE: [smartBridges] MikroTik Routers
- I use it for bandwidth �monitoring� and it checks by IP address. As for throttling, the answer is yes. I know it can throttle by IP and subnet, but I�m not sure about the Mac. You do it through the use of queues. Some of the guys on the list use PPOE, which allows for throttling by user. If you do queues, you either create a big queue, in which everyone shares that bandwidth, or individual queues for each ip. A pain, but it works. I think the preferred method is through PPOE. I know there are some guys doing this. Ask Eje for details or check the Mikrotik list.
- Jeremy
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- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of TJ Burbank
- Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:19 AM
- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Subject: [smartBridges] MikroTik Routers
- Is anyone using these for bandwidth throttling?
- If so, how well does it work with say 200 users?
- Also how does it throttle, (based on ip, mac address, entire subnet, entire ap)?
- Thanks for the information,
- TJ Burbank
- Last Mile Wireless
