Simply put - everything is in one pot. There are also many capabilities. One thing I see as a major benefit is the simplicity of CALEA captures. No extra work for what's already in place.
On 1/20/09, e...@wisp-router.com <e...@wisp-router.com> wrote: > I like to do both. Preference is pppoe but if they don't have a router we do > dhcp. But with todays radios we often set the radio up to do pppoe. > One of the nice thing with pppoe is its easy to segregate the clients and > firewall them and quickly track down an virus infected user and prevent > clients from infecting each others as well track bit usage on traffic > between clients as well limit bandwidth utilization between two clients on > the same ap no way to do with dhcp. > Also easier to add more ips on a site since pppoe uses /32 networks for > client ip assignments. So you do not have to route a complete subnet to the > area just have a "central" pppoe pool and have ospf route things where it > needs to go. > > /Eje > ------Original Message------ > From: David E. Smith > Sender: wireless-boun...@wispa.org > To: WISPA General List > ReplyTo: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Really Simple Mikrotik shaping? > Sent: Jan 20, 2009 11:05 > > Jeremy Davis wrote: >>> I really don't get the love affair with PPPOE; I assume there's >>> something I'm missing, and I've always been curious as to what. >> >> There is a lot of cool things you can do with radius / pppoe systems, >> change an IP if they haven't paid which can redirect customers to >> non-payment portals, use radius to dole out IP address ranges, >> authentication, encryption, and automatic bandwidth rules via MT's. These >> are just a few of the cool things can result with PPPoE / Radius systems. >> Like David said all of these things can be done without PPPoE but it is a >> lot easier to control the customer from an external system with these >> things in place. > > I just don't see which of those you can't do with simple DHCP and > RADIUS, and that's a lot easier for the customer. The customer doesn't > have to set up a PPPOE client on their PC or router or Xbox 360 or > whatever dumb network appliance they just bought for seventeen bucks on > eBay; they plug it in, it magically works. > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
