Hi Rob, > Yeah...I gave them a doc as soon as the HSIA was installed. It shows how > to set a machine to use DHCP for Win9x, Win2K, WinXP, OS X and Redhat. > Unfortunately, that doesn't get everyone on. > > > So my only two solutions were to log the successful dhcp request or > purchase a gateway device like a nomadix (http://www.nomadix.com) Those > nomadix devices will let someone out to the 'net even if they have a > static ip that doesn't match up to the hotel network. I didn't believe it > until I saw it. For example if the guest room network is 192.168.0.x and > the laptop has a static ip of 192.168.4.x (both w/ a subnet mask of > 255.255.255.0), the > laptop can still get out. > > So...back to the daemon.log....are you thinking I should do a cron to ftp > it to a location where I can parse it and report on it? Or is there a > better solution I'm not aware of? > You can also give the "parse host" the initiative and scp the logs from the firewall.
Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Spakman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 5:36 AM > To: Rob Ogle > Cc: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Logging Internet Usage > > > Hi Rob, > > >> I'm running UCLibc at some hotels for their guest access to the >> internet. The hotels have some guests complain that the internet "isn't >> working" so the managers think "we're having all these problems." I'm >> comfortable that it's user error because each time I come check a room >> that's having issues, it's a disabled nic, static ip, etc. >> >> So my thoughts are to show the managers how many people are getting on >> successfully so they can compare it to the complaints. Can anyone give me >> thoughts on whether I should try to log dhcp requests build a report >> from the log file or use snmp and setup something like nagios to > monitor it? >> > You can log the dhcp requests by looking at "daemon.log" or the dhcp > leases file. But instead of proof afterwards, why not try to avoid the > problem by providing a simple checklist in each room? If the problems are > mostly due configuration issues on the client PC's, you can make a > document with some screen dumps of the desired settings. > > Eric > >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, >> security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make >> your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based >> on Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=1216 >> 42 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >> Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
