I can understand why you Americans are concerned about this. With a
Starbucks on every corner this could have a major impact on cybercafes in
general.
Fortunately here in the UK, although Starbucks are everywhere, i do not
think they would have anywhere near as much impact as in the States + i'm
not sure we have the infrastructure in place to support it.
BT still don't seem to want to tell the world how good this new (ADSL)
service is and most non-commercial people are still being sold on server
services that rely on 56k modem connections even though the servers can cope
with ISDN. I'm still waiting for BT to survey our company premises for ADSL
suitability and this was requested 5 months ago and yes i have reminded
them.
I think that by the time all households in the UK have cheap readily
available broadband facilities, those of you in the States will be thinking
it is old hat and will be using something completely new. Also, by then we
will probably have a Starbucks on every corner.
DaveS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane Fahey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 12 January 2001 14:49
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [cc] Starbucks Goes Broadband
>
> Here is an article by FeedMag on the Starbucks/Microsoft thing:
>
> http://www.feedmag.com/templates/default.php3?a_id=1561&referrer=alert
>
> Enjoy... - Duane
>
> Jay Funnell wrote:
>
> > Definitely, Linux is an excellent OS for server software and the
> price
> > tag is hard to beat.
> >
> > Thankfully, DHCP is a technology independent of the OS that
> implements
> > it. You can accomplish the same task under Windows NT with the DHCP
> > Manager. The following article describes the procedure under the
> heading,
> > "Adding Client Reservations":
> >
> > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wintcp/sample_chpt/tnt_06.html
> >
> > I like the server to do all of the IP assigning for me so reserving
> > addresses per MAC would be rather time consuming. It's too bad that
> DHCP
> > doesn't allow you to assign IP ranges to a pool of MAC addresses. That
> way
> > you could essentially say, "if that network card isn't in my pool don't
> give
> > it an address". Right now you have to do the opposite and say, "this
> > network card is ok, that network card is ok, etc."
> >
> > J
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 10:45 AM
> > Subject: RE: [cc] Starbucks Goes Broadband
> >
> > >Yet more good stuff. Good article that would be useful for anybody
> using
> > >Linux.
> > >i fear that the majority of cybercafe's will be using Microsoft
> products
> > >though.
> > >
> > >As a friend of mine is so happy to keep pointing out, over 70% of games
> > >servers are using Linux. Speaks for itself.
> > >I have seen the advantages of Linux 1st hand but i still feel there is
> a
> > >large learning curve to become competent.
> > >Main advantage:- Free, free,free, less crashes (more stable than
> > Windows),
> > >etc..
> > >
> > >This is not an invitation for another Microsoft/Linux war.
> > >
> > >Good article Jay
> > >
> > >DaveS
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Jay Funnell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >> Sent: 08 January 2001 14:44
> > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> Subject: Re: [cc] Starbucks Goes Broadband
> > >>
> > >> If you're using DHCP, you could restrict connections by the
> ethernet
> > >> card's MAC address. Each ethernet card has an identifier that is
> > >> guaranteed
> > >> to be unique (each vendor has a range of ids that they are allowed to
> > >> use).
> > >> If the MAC address is not recognized, they don't get an IP address.
> > >>
> > >> Here is an article that describes how to do it for Linux:
> > >> http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/May2000/article150.shtml
> > >>
> > >> J
> > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > >> >From: Earl J. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >> >Date: Friday, January 05, 2001 1:39 PM
> > >> >Subject: Re: [cc] Starbucks Goes Broadband
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >>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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