Hi--
We've used TSMON, formerly PMMON to poll our dial
units for quite a few years.
Their software has always had some issues, not
entirely of their making, but now they're basically unresponsive so we're to the
point where we need to abandon it and find something else.
IS there anything else out there that:
- knocks off excessive users of same account
(multi-logins)
- monitors dial pool capacity and asks/boots long
users off during peak use periods (within say 2 modems of a full pool for
example, ask several users on for >6 hours to drop off for a bit, if no, boot
them, keep them off for 15 minutes, then start the 6 hr clock over if they want
to get back on)
- boot & keep off line campers
& the like....
TSMON, as an idea, was perfect, but in practice is
too buggy to use for more than the multilogins. Poor coding + oddities in ARC
responses = unreliability
I get the idea that most ISP's go for more of a
state-aware Radius solution - which we're certainly open to - as opposed to
Radius being only for authentication & session start parameter setting
(filters, IP, other session)
I'm curious what else is out there that isn't an
arm and a leg. BTW, if it requires ANY Microsoft product (such as SQL Server),
no way...Microsoft-free in 2003 is our new motto...open source is vastly
preferred....
SMT
PS: I wish the TSMON folks would "abandon" their
code and make it open source...I can't imagine anyone's paying them anything at
this point.
Global Dialog Internet
Southern Wisconsin