If the subscriber can get the signal and use it they can certainly configure their own equipment to let the neighborhood on in so many ways it would drive you crazy. I use a combination of educating the user on why it's not a good idea to run it wide open (my child porn story comes in handy in this situation and I'm sure most of us have had those calls from whatever police department) and we configure whatever router they have or we sell them one and configure it for them for free. I have never, and I do mean never had anyone not have me configure the router and put a passphrase on it. The education part is the key to our solution.
You could throttle it though, I think, like some do with the P2P. Allow a certain number of outgoing connections then drop it down. After the first phone call asking why it's so slow.... "Well, do you happen to have an open wireless router......?" The education would be over. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe Laura Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:17 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Apartment Buildings I had a nightmare trying to do apartment complexes. I thought I touched on a goldmine when all the signups started comming in. Then as tennants started firing up their own A/P's others would connect to them and cancel service. How are youll dealing with this? Joe Laura ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
