Restricting Data Usage - WLAN controller

[rahul nair]

Hi ,

I am currently designing a solution for a hotel WiFi installation . This is primarily to provide internet access to the Hotel's visitors .

I am asked to Rate Limit bandwidth on a per client basis  - which i know can be done on the controller .

I have been also been asked to check if Data usage restrictions can be put into place per client .

For instance, they want 1Gb/2Gb usage restriction on their visitors , after which they should not be able to access the network without additional permission.

Is there someway to do this on a Cisco controller ?

Thanks ,

Rahul Nair.

[Ric Beeching · Accepted solution]

This doco is handy for rate-limiting:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/wireless/5500-series-wireless-controllers/113682-bdr-limit-guide-00.html

Also, Rasika explains TCP vs UDP very well in a blog post:

https://mrncciew.com/2013/05/01/per-user-rate-limit-in-wlan/

With regards to limiting total of data for a user; I do not believe this is possible with just a Cisco WLC. You would probably need some sort of third party tool.. I struggled to find much except this post from a while back which is probably still very relevant:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/discussion/12101991/guest-wifi-solution-hotel-industry

[rahul nair]

Thanks Ric and Scott .

[Scott Fella · Accepted solution]

Just to add to Ric's comments, the limiting of data use is not something that a controller can do. Many companies would use a 3rd party software/appliance to achieve that which also would host the portal page. 

-Scott 

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