[c-nsp] PPPoE efficiency

[Robert E. Seastrom]

insan praja <insan_katob at yahoo.com> writes:

> Hi,
> I'm currently designing canopy wireless network. We
> are planning to occupy 100 users/AP, 6 APs/cluster and
> segment the network using cisco routers. I'm looking
> for a way to authenticate, authorize and allocate
> bandwidth usage to the clients. I've heard about
> PPPoE, I just don't think that its efficient enough to
> use in canopy wireless networks. I know this is a
> Cisco forum, I just thought that you guys had some
> experiences with this.

We do have experience with this... and we used PPPoE.  :-)

What exactly is your efficiency concern?  Yes, there's stuff like
802.1x, but what exactly are you trying to accomplish?  PPPoE is
well-understood and likely to minimize your support costs.

                                        ---Rob