J.A. Coutts
Systems Engineer
Edsonet/TravPro
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At 12:01 AM 05/13/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Subject: [RadiusNT] Long read
>From: "System Administrator" <sysadmin@nebi.com>
>Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 14:27:33 -0500
>
>Sorry for the length, but here goes:
>
>We are an ISP that is a sister company of a Long Distance, Cable,
>Advertising, and Paging companies. We all use the same billing software,
>which is a DOS-based piece of *^$&. The deal is this: right now we have
>Equinox SuperSerials, Ascend Max, Lucent Portmasters, and 3Com Total
>Controls all using their own software to authenticate back to an NT Domain.
>This is an administrative nightmare. I became aware of RadiusNT through
>another mailing list, and started doing research.
>
>I'm no DB expert, but I've got some background in design. Never used MS SQL
>before, but we have a copy that we can install. Emerald looks like the best
>way to go, but convincing the powers that be to ditch the old system for our
>company will be an uphill battle. Eventually, I'd like all WAN boxes to
>authenticate to one radius DB, with concurrency and accounting capabilities.
>
>Here's my question: what options do I have? As I said, Emerald looks like
>the best all around solution, but it's going to be tough to convince them to
>go with it. I know how to design a relational DB on paper well, and can
>design in Access. Can SQL be learned in a month? If not, what would
>someone charge to design a SQL DB to do the things I need it to?
>
>__________________________________
>Justin Ellison
>sysadmin@nebi.com
>Internet USA, LLC
>234-6413
>800-603-3502
>http://nebi.com
>
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