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Lance Julander wrote:
Re: Online Signup Testing
From: Shawn Hogan
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Time: 8:25:12 pm
>Since I'm only number 10 on the "most popular" list, I'm going to
>have to post a whole bunch of messages so I can unseat Alexi.
>
>Since you brought up the subject of an online signup system, I
>need to ask a few questions. That very subject has generated a
>lot of discussion between employees here. Let me explain what
>we've been considering and then you can tell me if I'm way off
>base or if your new system will work for us and keep me from
>having to figure this out.
>
>We are not using FMPro, just the runtime.
>
>We have Optigold dump a RADIUS file for us on a specific
>schedule. That is fine except for one problem, which will be
>mentioned later.
>
>One of the main features of our ISP is that we go to the
>customer's house and install them and show them how to use the Net.
>
>I have created a script that our setup people can access from a
>web page. They enter the new customer's username and password
>and the script automatically puts the login info in RADIUS. The
>setup people then remotely restart RADIUS and everyone is happy
>and the new customer can login.
>
>The problem is that the new customer is not in Optigold, so if
>the timing of events is off just a bit, Optigold will dump a new
>RADIUS file and the new people that were just installed no longer
>can log on because, of course, Optigold doesn't know them.
>
>I was thinking I could make my setup script conform to the fields
>that Hurlnet uses and then make sure that Optigold does a HURLnet
>import *just before* it does a RADIUS dump.
>
>The big question is: If I go this route and Optigold imports the
>new customers from a HURLnet file, does Optigold immediately
>include those customers in it's RADIUS dump?
>
>Is all of this moot now that you have an online signup, even
>though we're not using FMPro?
I don't know what moot means... :-)
I read the whole thing, and I have no idea what you are asking me...
Maybe I'm tired...
- Shawn
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Shawn D. Hogan
President, Data Point Solutions
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