Which also means you're going to have to compete with Wi-Fi that the cable customers will install.
If you go wireless... Ruckus will help with that problem. Also you can authenticate with LDAP, not just Radius or Active Directory Daniel White 3-dB Networks http://www.3dbnetworks.com >-----Original Message----- >From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >Behalf Of Jeff Yette >Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 2:33 PM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Apartment Buildings > >The dmarks are trypically in the basements. We could do the DSLAM >thing and we have consider some 8 porters on ebay for $550. Ethernet >over power line won't work because each apartment is on a separate >meter. > >We set up some linksys wireless routers (SOHO flavor) and run than as >APs back to a soekris router on our side where we can force the user >through a portal page (acceptable use) ... this part we can do easily. > It's the authenticated user management portion that is tough. > >On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Mike<m...@aweiowa.com> wrote: >> Where is the telephone demark. Access? You're a CLEC, put a small >> DSLAM in there; Zhone? Or consider Ethernet over power >> line. Apartment complexes of any size can get really ugly with RF in >> a hurry. Wireless absolutely? I don't know about the Meraki >> hardware mentioned, but seem to remember they "phone home" to a >> central server, but a mesh system could work. >> >> >> >> >> At 01:16 PM 8/20/2009, you wrote: >>>Hi All - >>> >>>I've looked through several of the archives and wasn't finding an >>>answer quickly, but I will apologize if this has been discussed >>>before. >>> >>>Quick history, we are a facilities-based CLEC and provide phone and >>>broadband internet over a dedicated fiber-optic network. Through out >>>our service area (three small business communities) are many apartment >>>buildings. It is easy for us to provide phone service to those units, >>>but Internet is another story as the buildings are not wired for >>>Internet. The cost of pulling wire is too expensive and too time >>>consuming. >>> >>>We are looking for a way to place centrally located access >>>points/wireless routers in these apartments to connect the tenants. >>>Easy enough if we wanted a wide-open connection - but the tough part >>>comes in trying to manager user accounts. We need away that would >>>present a log-in page, and then upon entering valid credentials >>>authenticated back against something like a radius service, they would >>>gain access to the internet. >>> >>>To clarify, we are not looking for a hosted application, but more of a >>>home-grown solution. We have all of the components for billing, which >>>will automatically create a radius account and e-mail, we have online >>>billing and web-mail - the only part is the is missing is the web >>>authentication piece. >>> >>>Thanks for listening >>>Jeff Yette >>>Sales Engineer >>>Slic Network Solutions >>>(www.slic.com) >>> >>> >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------- >>>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/ >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >---------- >> 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/ >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >-------- >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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
