Dennis, You have a very interesting product line. I appreciate your feed back on the options that are available today with MikroTik. Looks like something worth investigating.
--Nick Huanca On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Dennis Burgess <dmburg...@linktechs.net>wrote: > We have PowerRouter 732s (under 1500 MSRP) doing over 2500 PPPoE > sessions without issues, and PowerRouter 2282s with over 5k currently. > Just a FYI. > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Dennis Burgess, CCNA, A+, Mikrotik Certified Trainer > WISPA Board Member - wispa.org > Link Technologies, Inc -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services > WISPA Vendor Member > Office: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net > LIVE On-Line Mikrotik Training > Author of "Learn RouterOS" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Jason Hensley > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:29 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Authentication Methods > > I think first off, why the concern over Mikrotik longevity? Do you not > think the company will be around, or do you just not see it scaling (for > whatever reason) to the level that you want / need? Personally, I'm not > sure what you're looking for that's not already out there. Build a > mikrotik concentrator with a good spec server (or two), dropin > Freeradius Oas someone else already mentioned) and you should be good > for a long time. > > > Sent from Windows mobile device... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Huanca <n...@gaw.com> > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:48 PM > To: wireless@wispa.org > Subject: [WISPA] Authentication Methods > > Hi all, > > I currently am working on a project to develop a sustainable, > manufacturer > agnostic, easy to maintain and provision authentication system for our > ISP. > We have a mix of access points from Alvarion, Trango, MikroTik, Canopy, > and > others. We're currently running a distributed PPPoE model with MikroTik > PPPoE concentrators. We're concerned about MikroTik's longevity, > reliability > and support as we move towards a more centralized PPPoE model where all > our > sessions terminate at a CO. We're looking to migrate over 1,000 > customers, > currently across 15 or so concentrators, to one single concentrator with > either load balancing or redundancy. We're also trying to keep our > decisions > based around a future IPv6 implementation. > > My question is if anyone has had any experience in deploying large scale > PPPoE with a centralized methodology. I have investigated the Open > Source > options such as rp-pppoe and others but have found that they don't offer > any > load-balancing or redundancy options, which are important considerations > when moving to a centralized model. These packages also don't offer any > type > of integrated rate-limiting or burst-limiting based on RADIUS. Does > anyone > have any experience with other types of centralized authentication for > customers that support IPv6 and include integration of > rate-limiting/bursting? > > I have reached out to a Cisco integrator, ImageStream, Fine Point > Technologies (http://www.finepoint.com/servpoet.html), and some others > to > find solutions. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Nick Huanca > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > 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/
