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Monday, 31 March 2014
Thursday, 27 March 2014
Mikrotik Hotspot Data Limit Trial
Mikrotik's hotspot service is quite amazing considering what it costs. It does have some limitations though. One of these is the fact that you cannot set a data limit to the trial account, only a time limit.
Luckily there are a few workarounds for this, the original concept for this comes from www.mikrotik-routeros.com but I have corrected a couple of bugs and added some functionality.
Luckily there are a few workarounds for this, the original concept for this comes from www.mikrotik-routeros.com but I have corrected a couple of bugs and added some functionality.
Mikrotik The Dude on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server (Step-By-Step)
On my network I have a single, low power server, running on my single highsite. This server runs Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, and it does not have the oomph to virtualize windows for the sake of dude. To this end I have deployed The Dude running under Wine.
Dude is a network monitoring application by Mikrotik that is excellent for monitoring Mikrotik and other SNMP enabled devices.
We will not be compiling anything, opting rather for the easier apt-get installs where possible.
This tutorial is based off the instructions from the Mikrotik Wiki, but adapted for Ubuntu 12.04 and The Dude Version 4.0 Beta 3
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Asterisk PIN based dialing
As an Asterisk administrator, I often have clients requesting the ability to have users enter a PIN before dialing. This is useful on factory floors where users roam between different phones, but still need to be held accountable for their calls. Apart from just authenticating the user, the dialplan also has to ensure that the account code is correctly assigned in the CDR.
To this end Asterisk provides the AUTHENTICATE dialplan application.