On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 16:49 -0500, Mike Hammett wrote: > No. > > The cable modem (radio) does the authentication (therefore rate limiting, one > address per house, etc.) while the customer supplied device is the terminus > for the public IP and does the NAT. I install the radio, hand them the cat6 > out of the back of the PoE and they plug it into whatever their heart > desires. That device receives my public IP address without any configuration, > yet the customer is still rate limited (automatically, not manual queues). If > they require two public IPs, I simply configure the back-end to allow two > DHCP leases from devices behind that CPE.
This is not that hard to accomplish. I have a partnership in a WISP in Texas that does almost exactly what you want. It just takes a little creativity, time and expertise. Further, there is no client to client communication through the wireless device, so broadcasts, even on a local network, are eliminated. This is already built into ubiquiti, canopy, mikrotik and a number of other devices you could use as CPE radios. IF a customer want's a different speed plan, they visit their portal and select it. Within seconds, they have been upgraded (or downgraded) to the new plan. There is no "human intervention" required beyond the effort that made it possible. FWIW, this system uses all 3 of the manufacturers I mentioned above and the portal works (automatically) with all 3. That portal was written in PHP by a programmer that I hired and he and I spent a total of about 400 hours getting it together. You want one? Just find a programmer and tell him what you want and how you accomplish it manually and let him do the rest, OR start programming it yourself. It isn't that hard, as Simon said. -- ******************************************************************** * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation * * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering * * http://store.wispgear.net/ * Wired or Wireless Networks * * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * ImageStream, Mikrotik and MORE! * * NOTE THE NEW PHONE NUMBER: 702-537-0979 * ******************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
