Lease time is already at 4 hours, so I don't think that's our issue. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > Might not solve the Internet pipe issue but, how about shortening the lease > duration, to knock off inactive devices quicker? > > Regards, > > Don Guyer > Catholic Health East - Information Technology > Enterprise Directory & Messaging Services > 3805 West Chester Pike, Suite 100, Newtown Square, Pa 19073 > email: [email protected] > Office: 610.550.3595 | Cell: 610.955.6528 | Fax: 610.271.9440 > For immediate assistance, please open a Service Desk ticket or call the > helpdesk @ 610-492-3839. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:36 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: OT: Guest network security > > All, > > Quite some time ago, I set up an unsecured guest VLAN in our network, > providing wireless access to all of the sundry devices that staff and > visitors carry. I set up a small FreeBSD machine to serve IP addresses via > DHCP, and that was dead simple. > > It is a layer2 VLAN, traversing our backbone, and terminating on our > corporate firewall. > > However, there are now other tenants in our building, and the subnet is > getting too much bandwidth and address consumption - the range I set up is > completely filled, and the VLAN is consuming about half of our Internet pipe, > which is far too much for my comfort. > > I suspect the other tenants are leeching. > > What I've read of captive portals seems to indicate that the portal is part > of the firewall. I could be wrong about that, though. Regardless, the > corporate firewall will not be allowed to be part of this solution. > > The only other alternative I see right now is to set up a password on the > SSID, and have the front desk hand it out to guests, after mailing it to > staff, and I'm getting pushback on that from my manager. > > Does anyone have some ideas I could pursue on this? > > Thanks, > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > Confidentiality Notice: > This e-mail, including any attachments is the > property of Catholic Health East and is intended > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). > It may contain information that is privileged and > confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are > not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and > reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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