Steve Shapery wrote: > had that. they didn't seem to care. > > or perhaps they didnt know they were running P2P clients.(?)
That could well be true Steve! We get hit less by P2P than virus/trojan/spam infections, in which case a scary red warning on the captive portal page followed by a redirect to our page http://socalfreenet.org/removespyware seems to help people help themselves. The enforced four hour cutoff also helps with machines that people leave unattended - i.e. so even if they're infected or running P2P, they have to keep clicking through the captive portal to keep them running. Fwiw, when we try everything and nothing works, we go into the AP and blacklist the offending MAC addresses. If they're legitimate users they usually find a way to contact us. The tragedy of the commons ensures that this free wireless effort is never a completely hassle free endeavor. Even on my street recently, someone has been running bittorrent which is playing havoc with my (wireless) voip connection ;-). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons cheers, michael -- Michael Mee 858-531-0735 www.socalfreenet.org _______________________________________________ SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List To unsubscribe, please visit: http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org
