Anybody know how much netElastic's BNG solution costs approximately? On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM Mark - Myakka Technologies via AF < af@af.afmug.com> wrote:
> Trey, > > The other added benefit to netelastic that I'm hoping for is support. If > something hits the fan and I'm not around to work on it, maybe someone else > in the office can deal with it with help from netelastic. > -- > Best regards, > Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com > > Myakka Communications > www.Myakka.com > > ------ > > Friday, February 14, 2025, 10:15:49 AM, you wrote: > > TS> Yeah at that customer count I would definitely say netelastic or go > with Juniper/Cisco/Nokia BNG then the /32 would be no issue. NetElastic is > the best bang for your buck some people have an issue with running routers > on server hardware though. I doubt that is you if your doing this with > mikrotik now I'd think you probably already are. > > TS> On 2/13/25 15:11, Mark - Myakka Technologies via AF wrote: > >> Trey, > >> > >> Currently we are using Mikrotik for the PPPoE stuff. Currently running > 4000 customers over 3 PPPoE servers adding more and more everyday. > >> > >> Seriously going to look at the netElastic stuff. We may be out growing > the mikrotik on this. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best regards, > >> Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com > >> > >> Myakka Communications > >> www.Myakka.com > >> > >> ------ > >> > >> Thursday, February 13, 2025, 11:35:57 AM, you wrote: > >> > >> TS> I have had pretty good luck with the /32 method what routing > platform are you using? Assuming it is mikrotik it is pretty easy to do > using dhcp up and down scripts or proxy arp. Forget about the option 121 it > is not needed. What type of scale are you talking about 200 customers per > router or 2k customers per router? > >> > >> TS> On 2/11/25 16:12, Mark - Myakka Technologies via AF wrote: > >>>> We currently run 3 PPPoE servers using an OSPF concentrator and > radius to manage the IP addresses. With this setup, it doesn't matter > which IP lands on which PPPoE server. OSFP handles it. > >>>> > >>>> We now need to do something similar with DHCP. I've been messing > around with /32's and Option 121, but just can not get a stable solution. > I'm now thinking about plan B. Similar general setup we use on the PPPoE > side. Lets say we go with 3 DHCP servers connected to an OSPF > concentrator. I would have to set my DHCP network on all 3 servers to > something like 192.168.0.0/23 for about 512 address total. Server one > will do a GW of 192.168.0.1, Server two will do a GW of 192.168.0.2, server > 3 will do a GW of 192.168.0.3. When a client connects they will randomly > connect to one of the 3 servers and receive an IP address from radius. My > current thoughts are > >>>> > >>>> 1. Each server will have a /32 address not the /23. IP address on > server 1 will be 192.168.0.1/32. > >>>> 2. OSFP will only announce the /32 address of the server to the > concentrator. > >>>> 3. I will have to use the DHCP script option to insert and delete the > clients ip address as a /32 in OSPF on the server to update the > concentrator. > >>>> > >>>> The one issue I see off the bat is when a client reboots. If the > client reboots and moves from server 1 to server 3, I now have two servers > with the same IP address. I think I can deal with that by using a short > lease time. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thoughts? I'm still digging around looking for other (better) > options of having DHCP fail-over. The one option that will not work is > reserving a block of IPs per server. We have several customers that are > using static IPs, so they need to be accessible from all 3 servers. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com > >>>> > >>>> Myakka Communications > >>>> www.Myakka.com > >>>> > >>>> Serving Manatee and Sarasota Counties with High-Speed Internet for > over 20 years > >>>> > >>>> > >> > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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