Message-ID: <009901c305cc$98f053a0$0be301ac@gulam> From: "Gulam Chagani" <gulam@catsgroup.com> Subject: [Emerald] Fw: [isp-wireless] RE: OT: VPN/PPPOE/Wireless/What? Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:04:39 -0800
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gulam Chagani" <gulam@catsgroup.com>
To: <isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 9:00 AM
Subject: Re: [isp-wireless] RE: OT: VPN/PPPOE/Wireless/What?
> We've been using the Mikrotik hotspot, quite sucessfully, for a couple of
> months now, the one major problem we are seeing with our radius server
> (RadiusNT from IEA Softwares) is that we can only see one user (the last
> one) in the users online view. Has anyone faced this problem ??
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Tully" <tully@mikrotik.com>
> To: <isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 9:46 AM
> Subject: [isp-wireless] RE: OT: VPN/PPPOE/Wireless/What?
>
>
> > I suggest that you and others can consider hotspot technology. It
> provides
> > the main features of PPPoE with radius client support and no user pppoe
> > drivers.
> >
> > John
> > www.mikrotik.com
> >
> > At 12:28 PM 4/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >My only experience with PPPoE was a disaster. My client (for PC
repairs)
> > >has a Yahoo SBC DSL line, and their problems have been all around
PPPoE.
> I
> > >intend to avoid that like the plague.
> > >
> > >
> > >Mike Hammett
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Femi" <oadalemo@mail.com>
> > >To: <isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com>
> > >Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:59 AM
> > >Subject: [isp-wireless] RE: OT: VPN/PPPOE/Wireless/What?
> > >
> > >
> > > > I think PPPoE will be a good option. You can set up a PPPoE server
per
> > > > apartment or a central one at the AU (a low cost Mikrotik box will
do
> > > > but you could also splash out on a Cisco 3700). PPPoE allows you to
> have
> > > > full plug and play. The PPPoE server(s) will all authenticate from
the
> > > > same AAA or RADIUS server at your NOC easing your administration
> issues.
> > > > Behind the PPPoE servers you can route or set up MPLS tunnels
thereby
> > > > solving the problem of bridging such a large network. PPPoE also
> allows
> > > > you to connect several types of devices from regular PCs to Linksys
> and
> > > > Cisco routers at the subscriber end and give different classes of
> > > > service based on the login information. The ISP world is going PPPoE
> for
> > > > a reason, it solves their admin issues.
> > > >
> > > > Femi
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Charlie Smith [mailto:csmith@centril.net]
> > > > Sent: 16 April 2003 21:47
> > > > To: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com
> > > > Subject: [isp-wireless] OT: VPN/PPPOE/Wireless/What?
> > > >
> > > > Alright, let me start off by saying I know this is a little
off-topic
> > > > but at the same time it's directly related to the topic, so that's
why
> I
> > > > put the OT in the subject.
> > > >
> > > > Here's the problem. I want to deploy a Wireless Network. I'm going
> to
> > > > have about 50 apartment buildings connecting to our AU. Each of
these
> > > > buildings has about 20 clients. But our clients change all the
time.
> > > > We've been using T1s and DSL loops back to our office and are trying
> to
> > > > phase out of that, and at the same time, trying to move away from
> > > > hard-wiring access to software based access. IE Mac Address
> > > > authentification. As I understand it, I can't make a wireless
bridge
> > > > that big. I can understand that, not to mention I don't know what
> > > > hardware would be able to do that. My goal is to be able to
> > > > authentificate my clients from a central source (hopefully by MAC
> > > > address) and even hand out all the DHCP leases from there (we have a
> /22
> > > > and a /24). So my problem is here, what do I do? How do I
accomplish
> > > > what I am trying to do, I want to make my entire network a virtual
> > > > hotspot so users can plug into the Ethernet jacks into the apartment
> > > > buildings and be online soon as they enter there credit card info..
> I'm
> > > > just not really sure how I can make this work with wireless. And
> ideas
> > > > and suggestions are appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Charlie Smith
> > > > Centr'IL Networks
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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