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Once a customer has reached their cap it is possible to throttle their connection to a slower speed.
Once a customer has reached their cap it is possible to throttle their connection to a slower speed.
1. Mikrotik Rate Limit:
In order to achieve this
Click => Network
=>Gateway Details
Under Traffic Shaping Bucket
Click => Table View
Search for the bucket you would like to change
Click => Radius Groups button to get the console
Fig 1.a Radius Groups Assigned to Bucket before Throttling is set up
Go to RADIUS => Group Reply
Review the list to find a throttled group that will give the customer the desired throttled speed
Click =>Add at the bottom to ensure that a new group called “(name chosen)_throttled” is created
Fig 1.b Adding Radius Group to Mikrotik Rate Limit
2. Framed Pool:
Should you have a Framed-Pool for throttled customers you will need to add another attribute. This time "Choose from existing groups" and make sure to assign this attribute to the newly created throttled bucket “(name chosen)_throttled”
Fig 2.a Adding Radius Group to Framed Pool
Now there will be a new group called “(name chosen)_throttled” created with two attributes:
Fig 2.b New Group
3. For both Mikrotik Rate Limit and/or Framed Pool
You will then need to assign this to the bucket that you have just changed.
In order to achieve this
Click => Network
=>Gateway Details
Under Traffic Shaping Bucket
Click => Table View
Search for the Product
Click => Radius Groups
Fig 3.a Radius Groups
Click = >Add
Then select the appropriate group “(name chosen)_throttled" and change the type to "Throttled"
Fig 3.b Assign Radius Group to the bucket
Click => Add
The Radius Groups should look something like this
Fig 3.c Radius Groups Assigned to Bucket after Throttling is set up
Enable throttling on this bucket
Fig 3.d Enable Throttling on Bucket
Click => Update Buckets Table at the bottom of the screen
Fig 3.e Update Buckets Table
Useful links:
https://sites.google.com/a/azotel.com/wiki/throttling-for-radius-customers
Published Date: [16-April-2020]
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