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The Monday 2007-10-15 at 09:31 +0100, G T Smith wrote:

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Static assignment of DHCP addresses is often used to identify which
devices are allowed to connect to a network. In an academic institution
it is not unknown for students (or staff for that matter) to use their
machines for purposes that what not entirely appropriate to the normal
business of the institution (Not just "Anyone want to hack the Pentagon
today?" but the use of things like Doom which could have a serious
impact on network performance :-) ).

Huh? Doom? Why would playing a game impact the network so much? I would understand that using a p2p program could affect a lot, but playing a game... dunno, it's ages since I have played things like that, so I might be mistaken.


- -- Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.

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