At 12:31 PM 1/4/01 -0500, Bill Noel wrote:
[snip]
>We have been offering wireless 802.11 access in the cafe
>for free for about
>5 months (it's tough to charge when users can pull into the
>parking lot and
>surf without you knowing it). It really is pretty simple
>to manage.
Hi Bill,
If you had wanted to, you could probably prevent
unauthorized use of your wireless access by having a server
tie up the IP addresses that are not currently in authorized
use. You would have to gin up some software to lock and
unlock the IP addresses as needed. I have read of at least
one Wireless ISP who uses that approach to keep people from
connecting to his system without paying for
access. Obviously, a cybercafe system would have to be
designed with more frequent changes in mind, but it should
be do-able.
Best regards,
Earl
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