On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 07:28:54PM -0700, Ted Deppner wrote: > Hubs (shudder) and switches (even most Cisco stuff) would allow snooping, > break two 10.0.0.1 customers from working, broadcast collisions, gateway > and next hop collisions, etc... > > The concept is the customer is directly connected to an individual port[1], > capable of Gateway discovery, providing itself as the next hop gateway, > local DHCP assignment (or relay to a DHCP server higher up), and 1:1 > NAT... all on a per port basis. > Hmm, have you worked in this area, or are you just speculating? I don't know, but do many laptop users use static addresses? I realize the want to have a setup be all things for everyone, but do you really think you're going to have one switch port for each and every room?
I guess that security could be one of the advertised features of your rooms.... It really depends on what the hotel wants. Mike
