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A question like that on this forum will get you labeled as a WISP
There are actually hundreds of different ways of achieving this - usually involving some sort of router or linux pc running special software. What exactly are you wanting to do?
Haha, sory but everyone i ask gives me the wrong answer,and as u can problaby make out im noit the smartest guy around here.Thats why im asking. Im getting adsl for my apartment block but want to limit each user to 1gig a month. Been searching the internet but only find appz that limit there speed. Any suggestions???
ld13
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What about Internet Café software?
ld13
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Or Smoothwall
You could try IPcop if you want or you could rather Try Smoothwall (I like this one more) – It’s a Linux based router that you can install on an old PI/PII. You can then get an add-on like 'Traffic Control' or 'Bandwidth Monitoring' or Whatever takes your fancy that would allow you to cap each IP based on whatever rules you set.
You could try IPcop if you want or you could rather Try Smoothwall (I like this one more) – It’s a Linux based router that you can install on an old PI/PII. You can then get an add-on like 'Traffic Control' or 'Bandwidth Monitoring' or Whatever takes your fancy that would allow you to cap each IP based on whatever rules you set.
Kloon
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A question like that on this forum will get you labeled as a WISP
There are actually hundreds of different ways of achieving this - usually involving some sort of router or linux pc running special software. What exactly are you wanting to do?
If he was a wisp he probably knew about mikrotik user manager, but then again not all wisps know how to use mikrotik.
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Especially GWI every person you ask of GWI, there is a different story to the problem so you never know what really happened.
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How do you setup a radius server
ld13
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What solution you use ultimately depends on how much time you have on your hands. Before I go any further, a quick disclaimer, I may be a bit biased in what I say, see my signature, but I will try to be as objective as possible.
Firstly some comments, while I understand why you may want to limit end user accounts to 1GB a month and throttle their connections, this is not necessarily the best approach. An alternative is to charge on a per Megabyte basis and users prepay for their purchases, with this approach you have natural contention management, users pay more for heavy downloading and since your revenue will be higher as downloads increase you may be able to justify getting a faster line.
When it comes to the solution, you have three choices, either host the solution yourself, use a 'software-as-a-service' solution or outsource all of it (installation & operations). For the first option you need to have a reliable host, end users will clearly not be impressed if their service is interrupted for whatever reason. This option is attractive if you are eager to learn (about radius in particular) and have the time to do it. As for the second and third options, there are a number of solutions and operators in the market.
Firstly some comments, while I understand why you may want to limit end user accounts to 1GB a month and throttle their connections, this is not necessarily the best approach. An alternative is to charge on a per Megabyte basis and users prepay for their purchases, with this approach you have natural contention management, users pay more for heavy downloading and since your revenue will be higher as downloads increase you may be able to justify getting a faster line.
When it comes to the solution, you have three choices, either host the solution yourself, use a 'software-as-a-service' solution or outsource all of it (installation & operations). For the first option you need to have a reliable host, end users will clearly not be impressed if their service is interrupted for whatever reason. This option is attractive if you are eager to learn (about radius in particular) and have the time to do it. As for the second and third options, there are a number of solutions and operators in the market.
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