said by cmaenginsb1:You also have not provided an example of how to use the 802.1x authentication process to set PPPOE rate limiting.
The very first WISP "controller" box I commissioned actually had 802.1X/Radius and MAC-based authentication using exact same traffic controller code based on linux "tc" ... see screenshot. I proposed first "802.1X" base WISP network in fall of 2004 while that controller development was in progress.
When we started exploring 802.1X in late summer of 2004, Mikrotik may have lacked some of those features - that can be verified from their change logs. Required WISP equipment was fully debugged by early 2005 including first 48V PoE 125mW 5.8Ghz transparent bridge and first 48V PoE 200mW 2.4Ghz 802.11g/WDS/802.1X AP.
There was no 802.1X CPE at that point but the controller would have authenticated every computer and laptop directly in that small WISP network. Meanwhile we were developing that WRAP-based 802.1X CPE and a better RADIUS/802.1X server.
When I have time, I will put together a full document with more screenshots and explanations. I failed on the business side ... but hopefully some popular WISP vendor could take this up and succeed. I boldly predict that will change the tone of 802.1X vs PPPoE debates in the future.