FreeRadius to authenticate DHCP Requests with Option82

[Marinko Tarlać]

No No, you didn't understand me...

Mtik is installed on the server (HP ML3xx series) and the optimum is 
500-600 online PPPoE users... I achieved 1100 online PPPoE users per 
Mikrotik but the CPU load was always  to high and the packet loss was to 
high (1-2%). The problem is visible because the Mtik creates simple 
queue rule for every active connection.

RADIUS server works  perfectly with 5 NAS-es (2000-3000 online users in 
the same moment)...

I just wanted to know is Mikrotik capable (according to users 
experiences) to act as a DHCP server for a large networks (for example 
10k modems and 10k users behind those modems).

best regards
Marinko

On 22.2.2012 13:53, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> 2012/2/22 Marinko Tarlać<mangia81 at gmail.com>:
>> Hi
>>
>> Can you tell me something about performances?
>>
>> I'm using Mtik as NAS for PPPoE users and 500-600 online users per server is
>> optimum according to my experiences (Quad core server, 2GB RAM,...).
> you mean the server is used by FR?
>
> You either:
> - setup accouting interim interval to a very low value (e.g. 60 seconds), OR
> - your configuration is REALLY non-optimum
>
> If you use files backend, then it's very easy to get several auth/sec.
> If you use db backend, then your main limiting factor will be
> accounting, which is limited by how fast your disk IOPS is.
>
> So for starters:
> - what backend did you use for FR? mysql? postgres? others?
> - what kind of disk you have, and how many? (e.g. 2 x SATA 7200 rpm
> disks, in hardware raid 1)
> - what is your accounting interim interval?
> - did you modify the default db schema/queries (if using db backend)?
>