Billing Solutions

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I’m currently looking for billing solutions for a WISP, PPPoe Accounting is fine, however that’s just total bytes, In the future I’d like to include some free unmetered content.

So my question is, Does anyone have any ideas of what they like/use, Keeping in mind we would like to have unmetered content eventually.

Features:

  • Good Interface
    Client Portal
    Billing
    Radius integration(duh)
    Would like Unmetered Content

I’ve looked at lots of different ones, However I fear that I’ll need to move to Netflow accounting to make unmetered content a possibility.

In the interim I’ve written a polling script for Traffic Accounting, That dumps to a DB. (Scripting isn’t an issue for us)

Thanks in Advance to all of you!

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I’d recommend radius based AAA using trafficflow only to refund data however if you’re comfortable using trafficflow for all of it then scripting something would work, because no-one is going to write something that does what you want better than you :slight_smile:

You can then use CoA requests from the radius server to update users accounts without them having to be logged out and back in to get the refunded data.

Start off with something simple and work your way out, we’ve done similar with our own in house solution over the last 3 years, works like a charm.

3

WHMCS works well.
You have to be prepared to do some Mikrotik API coding in PHP to integrate UserManager with WHMCS.
Or if using a radius server write some PHP SQL code in order to integrate.

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Came across this WHMCS plugin for radius the other day, apparently does Mikrotik stuff http://secondimpression.net/whmcs-freeradius
Haven’t used it myself but it might be worth looking into. That and smaller developers are normally more willing to accommodate feature requests :wink:

5

omega-00, Did you come to the MUM?
And joined us for dinner on Friday?

6

I came to the training and mum, didn’t go out for dinner thou? :slight_smile:

7

Just thought I might have met you there, Probably did, But a few of us went out to dinner, and I didn’t get 1 of their contact details, thought it might have been you with your great articles in your blog

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Anyone know how much that whmcs plugins cost?

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Not much information on that page is there any other info anywhere on it?

Chadd

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http://mum.mikrotik.com/gallery/v/AU11/_DSC4969.jpg.html - I’m the one on the left, chatting to Andrew Thrift (he’s the guy who did the MPLS presentation).

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yeah, We did have a chat, I was the guy not in that photo, Quite literally behind the cameraman.
Cool, Good to put faces to names

12

artie, pretty sure I was the guy you went out to dinner with, at the Pig n’ Whistle ??

13

I use Emerald by IEA Software, it is a very full featured ISP billing platform.

14

That wasn’t me, Don’t remember the Pig n’ Whistle, Do remember hearing someone saying they were heading there. But not me.

15

Hi,

I have RB1100, i am running Radius Manager the problem what i am facing is i want to run PPPoE CLients, Hotspot users as well Static IP users on the same interface, my WAN comes at Interface 13, and i want to run all 3 services on Port No 6 as well everything will require to manage from the RADIUS MANAGER ( dmasoftlab) suggest me how can we do this ??


Regards

NIshit

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if you are open to using a free, hosted and managed ISP billing platform, try nDebit (www.nDebit.com)

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Hi guys

Does anyone have experience with this ..? I would like to know if it bill customers authenticating on pppoe

Capital

18

Hi guys, im currently using WHMCS and now working on trying to automate client disconnections on specific dates. I know there is a FreeRadius module for whmcs, but has somebody had it up and running and fully integrated?

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http://blissradius.com RADIUS billing works with WHMCS all the things people listed here, remote disconnect, metered/unmetered, on date disconnect etc. Cheers!