Share my internet(only) with neighbours

Prof.Merlin

Prof.Merlin

Expert Member
Joined
Aug 2, 2006
Messages
1,682
dade said:
In my case a simple quee for 128kbps down and 64kbps up on the entire interface. Everyone connecting to the open AP shares 128kbps ;)
Click to expand...

That can be done, but a user only starting off learning Mikrotik...it will take a while. But even so, 128kbits between 30 people...i will rather cut my testicles out
 
P

paulka007

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2007
Messages
285
Thanks to all those who on the same page with me here. I think my op was missing a single most important string:experiment with router technology(firmware etc.) wisp or hotspot setups. I'm not planning to sell or charge money for the usage of my bandwidth I just want to fiddle around and if the bandwidth gets too excessive or I can't manage it any more I'll drop it. Its just a home project that looks really interesting.

So enough rant here's some more of what I've been looking at. I've been checking out some firmware and this led me to two main open source projects openwrt and dd-wrt what I found cool was authentication of visitors. Things like chillispot or chilli. Does anyone have experience with this? What's Better? Best Hardware? On the website it says it can:

ChilliSpot (chilli, chillispot) is a way to
*Easily make the wireless or lan-connected computers display a 'landing page' on user's browsers.
*Redirection occurs on the first web page, and until the user clicks through (I Agree/Login).
*Optionally earn revenue from your hotspot.
*Provide a WiFi usage agreement, advertising or other neighbourhood or commercial activities.
*Pro-active over-use prevention:Limit the bandwidth, up and down, hotspot-connected laptops or desktops can use.
*Limit the number of times within a given period hotspot users can log in.
*Other fine-grained limitations.ChilliSpot can be used for single router, or extended with the use of external services to cover an entire metropolitan area.
Click to expand...

How does a radius server fit into this? What is the best way to offer a simple login and what hardware is best? I can't believe there are only a couple of people here willing to share what they have done.

I'm not sure and correct me if I'm wrong, but most 'home' routers are capable of between 8-16 connections and this can be adjusted. Are mikrotek routers capable of many more Connections?I'm more than happy to limit the connections to 8 so the quality is fair. And for the sake of simplicity I'll start with those fortunate few who can see my AP without an external antenna. The guy next door and perhaps those on a short radius around me.

I would like to get a router soon and begin experimenting so any positive feedback or suggestions would be great.
 
Last edited:
P

paulka007

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jun 7, 2007
Messages
285
heh all that amble chatter and no one has any substance to add?

bump - any one tried chilla or anything similar?
 
A

ajax

Executive Member
Joined
Oct 29, 2003
Messages
5,605
Just noting what's been working seamlessly for us for years.

Three of us share a 4 meg line. Each of us has a Linksys WRT54GL router with Tomato firmware. The router mode is AP+WDS.
The dude with the ADSL line then also has a Telkom ADSL wireless router connected to his Linksys. The Telkom router is set to bridged mode so each of us makes our own PPPOE (ISP) connections from our Linksys, so there is no issue with who is using "too much" bandwidth.
Each of the Linksys routers and the Telkom router has a static IP address in the same 192 IP range.
My connection works even with 1 milliWatt of rf power, so I am running at only 6 mW (whereas the router can over a 100 mW)

Only prob could be if one dude is running multithreaded downloads 24/7 which could reduce the available speed for the others.

It took some fiddling around initially, but after we got the exactly the same routers and firmware it worked fine.
 
F

Fafa

Expert Member
Joined
Nov 9, 2008
Messages
3,097
3x-a-d3-u5 said:
heh all that amble chatter and no one has any substance to add?

bump - any one tried chilla or anything similar?
Click to expand...

I wanted to try something similar. I can give you a million of pointers of what not to do. I am still in the process of figuring out what to do.

My best effort attempt before was using a Buffalo router, with a fully fledged version of DD-WRT on it. I had to write custom scripts for bandwidth management, but it worked like an absolute dream. Lightning came along and messed it up for me. I am unable to find the same Buffalo router in this country so yeh :(

My main advice. ONLY play with routers that can run custom firmware. OR go for a mikrotik device. That is what my current plan is. My next purchase will be a Miktrotik device.
 
S

Scoop Distribution

Scoop Distribution Rep
Company Rep
Joined
Sep 21, 2012
Messages
72
Mikrotik would be a good option as it will provide an all in one solution.

A RB-751 should be more than sufficient for a small number of clients. You will be able to implement wireless, hotspot and bandwidth manage onboard. It can also carry a larger capacity of wireless clients than a standard router.

If you wanted to install something outdoors, perhaps consider using a Groove 2A with an omnidirectional antenna. Like the RB-751, it has a L4 license and and will easily be able to handle a small amount of clients.
 
F

Fafa

Expert Member
Joined
Nov 9, 2008
Messages
3,097
Scoop Distribution said:
Mikrotik would be a good option as it will provide an all in one solution.

A RB-751 should be more than sufficient for a small number of clients. You will be able to implement wireless, hotspot and bandwidth manage onboard. It can also carry a larger capacity of wireless clients than a standard router.

If you wanted to install something outdoors, perhaps consider using a Groove 2A with an omnidirectional antenna. Like the RB-751, it has a L4 license and and will easily be able to handle a small amount of clients.
Click to expand...

Is it possible to do per user bandwidth monitoring with the RB-751?
 
F

Fafa

Expert Member
Joined
Nov 9, 2008
Messages
3,097
Scoop Distribution said:
Yes.

Regardless of what type of RouterBoard you purchase, RouterOS contains many tools available to you for bandwidth management/monitoring.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Bandwidth_Managment_and_Queues
Click to expand...

I am really interested in purchasing this. Can customers by directly from scoop? Also, I just please want to make sure. Can it do the following. Per user bandwidth monitoring. I had the following running on a dd-wrt device http://i552.photobucket.com/albums/jj325/WolfKodi/CustomLiveUsageTab.png

Will I be able to having something similar?
 
S

Scoop Distribution

Scoop Distribution Rep
Company Rep
Joined
Sep 21, 2012
Messages
72
You are welcome to purchase directly from us. All our pricing displayed on our website is dealer pricing, if you are not a registered client you will receive a retail price.

Mikrotik relies on a Queue system for live bandwidth monitoring and usage can be viewed in various ways.
Here's an example of how the window looks mikrotik+quque.JPG
 
F

Fafa

Expert Member
Joined
Nov 9, 2008
Messages
3,097
Thank you very much for the information. I will be in contact shortly for more information. What is required to be registered as a client for the dealer pricing? Just a computer business that is registered for vat?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top