I think we should find a way to limits peoples time on the computers make them sign up for time slots so everyone gets fair share. Kind of like the dewitt public library does. <div>On 4/10/06, Charles Ulrich <<a href="mailto:charles@idealso.com">charles@idealso.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Stanley C. Mortel wrote: > Can we set up a WAP in the computer lounge?  Well, of course we can..... > but can we do it with the approval of the hotel? Almost certainly no. The contracted ISP (wayport) has wireless hotspots all over the hotel, but they're all behind a captive portal with which they extort travellers. According to the hotel, they're required to shut down unauthorized WAPs. (Wired in-room internet access is free.) On the bright side, the hotel is working to end their contract with Wayport due to the sizable number of customer complaints they've been getting. No free wireless is the reason that the computer lounge might be a little more busy than initially expected. Previous years, the convention goers would plop down with their laptops anywhere in the hotel to check mail, browse the web, and even write code! This year, that's not so much an option. It's either their hotel rooms or the computer lounge for net access unless they want to shell out a small fortune for a Wayport login. Not sure if I mentioned it before or not, but somebody on the concom did approach Wayport to ask how much it would cost to turn off their captive portal for the weekend. The response? $30,000. No, that's not a typo. -- Charles Ulrich Ideal Solution, LLC -- <a href="http://www.idealso.com">http://www.idealso.com</a> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote></div>