[MLB-WIRELESS] Shaping a public AP

[Steven Haigh]

Quoting Michael Borthwick <holden at netspace.net.au>:
> Had a customer download 4.4GB from D-Link 900AP+ in two hours last
> week so we've now blown our cap until the start of next month. I need
> a way of throttling the bandwith to the public AP but ideally still
> having full bandwidth available to trusted users. I'm not averse to
> using two AP's or using both radios in an AP-2000.
>
> I'd like a fairly painless solution.
>
> Your thoughts ?

I actually think this is more an example of what people think of free  
internet access. They go the leech because it's free. I'd like to ask  
of people that when they do stumble across free access points (or even  
unsecured ones), use it, but don't abuse it.

At the end of the day, if someone has left an access point open for  
people to use, then they won't mind if you check your mail, look for a  
movie time, have a chat on MSN or IRC etc. It's when you leech from  
someone that people start to enforce restrictions on everyone else.

Not only is it fair to show respect for what someone else is giving  
you, it's the nice thing to do.

-- 
Steven Haigh

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