Hi all,
just want to ask if is there any reason to use PPPoE for connecting users at these times.
Users on WiFi, Coax, FTTx? Or are there any better solutions for eg VLANing, client isolation…
Thanx for your opinions
Br
DAVE
I like to think that PPPoE needs to die completely, but for residential services, it does offer a nice feature set that’s hard to duplicate using other management options:
*) Limit each user to a single connection to the network.
*) Radius accounting can let you know how much data each subscriber is using.
*) You can assign static IPs and even routed subnets via Radius.
*) Session times will force clients to re-authenticate at a specified interval. If their account becomes inactive, their session will not renew.
With some creative SQL work, you could even use the accounting data to determine if a user should have a more restrictive bandwidth limit placed on him. Say normally run at 3Mbit/s, but if the user goes over 200GB for the month, limit them to 1Mbit/s for the remaining time.
With that said… I’m also a huge fan of simple client isolation. I use PVLAN crap on my cisco switches, client isolation on APs, and horizons on MT bridges. I’ve not done any serious testing, but none of my clients (fiber or wireless) can talk to each other directly.
Good luck!