Tim Price and Marcos Biscaysaqu

The Network
ThePacific.net network covers the top of
the South Island using more than 50 sites
ThePacific.nets customer base comprises
of businesses, rural users and schools
100% of the multi-point and 80% of the
Point-to-point solutions are based on
Mikrotik.
We use the free spectrum in 2.4Ghz and
the 5Ghz band

Wireless Links and Coverage
Some of the Wireless Sites
Services
Broadband internet services
VPNs of different kinds
Hotspots
VLAN and Q-in-Q VLAN Services
Dedicated Links and dedicated bandwidth
ISP services, mail, hosting, etc..
Projects
Project PROBE: Was a NZ government initiative
to provide high speed internet services to
schools and communities in rural areas,
ThePacific.net was the regional supplier chosen
and we used the project to extend our wireless
network to many communities around the
region.
Wimax: After finishing project PROBE
Thepacific.net obtained 2 frequency allocations
in the 3.5Ghz spectrum to use as a multi-point
solution
Hotspots: We have decided to deploy
multiple hotspots in the region in
preparation for WiMAX
FTTH: Our company signed the first
contract to provide Data, Voice and TV
over fiber in a new subdivision in the
region
VOICE: Development and implementation
of voice over IP services is planned in the
next few months
Technology Change
New Technology
Improvements Lower Costs New Features
Problems of Diversification
New solutions will have to coexist with old ones
New Services cant be implemented for old
customers
Diversity of systems create management
difficulties
Administration problems
Low scalability
Compatibility problems
NO INTEGRATION
Reasons for centralization
Scalability
Fast failure recovery with no data loss
Simplification security and control
Update and upgrade rollouts
QoS monitoring and control
Reduce cost of maintenance
Easy management
Easy implementation and integration of new services
Billing
Centralized Management Platform
Central Data Base
Central Web Interface (front End)
Background scripting system (Back End)
Front End
Back End
Database CPE
Administrator
Change CPE Settings
Update DB
Activate Back End Scripts
Reload CPE Setup
Front End
Different Views

Regular Users View






Administrative View
Customer Controllable Items
Website Settings:
Contact and billing details
Website access password
Settings
CPE ethernet settings
CPE DHCP settings
VPNs
Firewall
CPE DNS server settings
Port and protocol forwarding
CPE Shutdown and restart
ISP Services
Domain / Email / Alias provisioning through limited cPanel integration
Application of content filtering services

Additional Customer Information
Usage
monitoring




Archived usage
Additional Customer Information

Packets/s Graph



Traffic Graphs

Per client Administrative Tools

Signal Graphs



Latency Graphs
Provisioning



Customer
Provisioning
Provisioning Continued



Connection
Provisioning
Hardware Provisioning


CPE Provisioning



Ebox Provisioning
Rate Management

IP Range Definition



IP Range Grouping


Rate Definition
Sites Database



Customer
signal, latency
and traffic
preview per
Network
Access Device.
Back End


Schedule Scripts
Pre-setup Scripts
Update Scripts
Pre-Setup Scripts
Recognize the type of Hardware and
software of the Equipment
Obtain MAC addresses, type of interfaces,
etc
Generate Keys, unique ID number, IP
number and load the basic setting into the
device
Update DB with the new device details, ID
and IP number
Schedule Scripts
Rollout Updates
Monitoring system
Logs and Usage (SNMP)
Usage Control
Check Customers Allowance limits
Automatic change customers Allowance
Reset counter
Update Scripts
Executed by the front End
Generate the New Configuration Files from the
Database
Upload the new configuration file to the device
or execute alive reconfiguration
Reload setting
Reload Security, access control or access Keys
if it is required by the new configuration.
Reboot or shutdown if it is required.
New CPEs
Pre-flash Script obtains
Detail from the CPE,
Loads basic configuration,
assigns a Unique ID number
Pre-flash script loads the
Database with the new CPE
ID, IP number, MAC etc.. And
The CPE is Pre-flashed
Example of Provisioning
and Installation process
Pre-Flashed CPEs
Pre-flash Script obtains
Detail from the CPE,
Loads basic configuration,
assigns a Unique ID number
Pre-flash script loads the
Database with the new CPE
ID, IP number, MAC etc.. And
The CPE is Pre-flashed
Pre-Flashed CPEs
Customer Pre-
flash CPE
Virtual AP
Pre-flash VLAN
Normal AP
Customer Pre-
flash CPE
Virtual AP
Pre-flash VLAN
Normal AP
Front End
Assign CPE to
Customer
Customer Pre-
flash CPE
Virtual AP
Pre-flash VLAN
Normal AP
Back End Load
Settings on the CPE
And reload
Customer CPE
Normal AP
Customers CPE
Configuration loaded
And CPE connected in the
Customers Network