[AusNOG] RADIUS solution - what would you do if you were starting from scratch?

[Jodi]

I'll second both of those.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-
> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Lisle, Ben
> Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2011 12:14 p.m.
> To: James Mcintosh
> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] RADIUS solution - what would you do if you were
> starting from scratch?
> 
> I really can't give a high enough recommendation for Radiator.  Fantastic
> product.  Amazing support if you need it by Hugh and Mike.  I think there's a
> free 30 day trial version you can download.  Grab that and have a look at the
> goodies/ directory which should give you a good idea on what you can do.
> 
> Management wise regardless of whatever you pick you're going to have to
> build some glue yourself (it does come with a gui for use management but
> I've never used it).  You can't get around that. Radiator being a written
> completely in Perl is very extensible.  Performance wise we've never had an
> issue with it.
> 
> If you wanted to go the free route I'd recommend FreeRADIUS.
> 
> If you have any questions feel free to shoot me an e-mail.
> 
> ---
> Ben Lisle | Senior Systems Engineer
> TransACT Communications
> 
> On 07/12/2011, at 11:47 PM, James Mcintosh wrote:
> 
> > Hi Noggers,
> >
> >
> > I'd like to get some recommendations / experiences with RADIUS solutions
> for a growing ISP. Happy to consider both free and commercial options.
> >
> > My top criteria are:
> >
> > 1. Ease of implementation
> >
> > 2. Ease of use for level 1 support staff to be able to manage users,
> > change plans, reset sessions etc. with a web/gui interface
> >
> > What solution would you implement if you were starting from scratch?
> >
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