On all previous pages about PPSK, a very important topic has hardly been addressed.

Once we grant a user access to our network, we need a way to manage the bandwidth they consume.

Both the Captive Portal and the PPPoE server are able to do this and have been developed with this functionality in mind.

Giving someone access to a WiFi network does not automatically allow you to manage their bandwidth.

Although we offer advanced features to change a user's assigned VLAN based on their usage during a certain period of time, we still need the ability to limit the speed of a VLAN.

This is where Smart Queue Management (SQM) comes into play.

With SQM, we can not only limit the bandwidth on an interface to the value we choose, but also manage the queues so that the user has a more pleasant online experience.

The philosophy of RADIUSdesk is to offer a non-disruptive solution that can co-operate with other vendors.

The following diagram shows a PPSK solution where the customer has chosen to use PFsense for NAT/DHCP and bandwidth limiting:

We also offer the customer the option of using OpenWrt, which implements SQM.

This can then be managed via APdesk.

As OpenWrt can run on different architectures or even on a virtual machine, it offers us even more possibilities: