Ask Slashdot: Management Software For Small Independent ISP?

First time accepted submitter Vorknkx writes "I work in a small ISP. Most of our customers have cable modems but some of them are using Canopy or Ubiquity products. To manage all that, we're using a number of programs and solutions not necessarily made for such a task that are kept up to date simply using copy and paste. We have an Access database for all our internet customers, an Excel document for our wireless users, The Dude to monitor every user and a custom-made web application to monitor traffic. Needless to say, we're starting to hit the limit and juggling between all these programs is a complete pain. Is there some kind of all-in-one solution that would allow us to eliminate all the copy and paste while keeping the same functionality?"

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Try a Real - Next Generation FireWALL

[Oz the Wiz]

the new Next Generation firewall do what the ISP is doing manually. It identifies and tracks and limits applications. SonicWALL can look at over 3800+ applications out of the box "WITHOUT GIVING UP PERFORMANCE"! (the rest of them give up security or performance)... plus with SonicWALL it appears you can add your own signatures for "home grown applications".