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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