<p>Was tried. Didn't work. New Yorkers are good at wifi theft.</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 19, 2010 3:26 PM, "Dan Lozano" <<a href="mailto:danozano@gmail.com">danozano@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>Seems like the fix of MAC banning or a WEP key written on the board is<br>
easy enough to pick off the offenders, since they're not too frequent<br>
or too motivated to work at getting past a small barrier in most<br>
cases. I think it's mostly just freeloaders wanting service without a<br>
bill, not people that want to get into our network specifically. 23b<br>
Shop is located in a ferro-cement maze of industrial buildings, so<br>
there aren't as many APs visible around us -- an wide open AP<br>
practically has a bow tied on it, around here.<br>
<br>
Another solution might be to restrict connection speed to the known<br>
offenders by MAC so they can still grab a map or web page or two but<br>
probably won't want an extended browsing session at 2400 baud<br>
connection speeds. Or provide selective inline image replacement, a<br>
portal with a signup page and access prices listed (real or not), or<br>
some other nagging treat for abusers. Depends on how much fun and<br>
theater you want to make, and how much work you want to make.<br>
<br>
Danozano - <a href="http://Shop.23b.org" target="_blank">Shop.23b.org</a><br>
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:48 AM,<br>
<<a href="mailto:discuss-request@lists.hackerspaces.org">discuss-request@lists.hackerspaces.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Matt Joyce <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> First off, at nycresistor we have an open access point currently.? However,<br>
>> we have had passwords in the past.? In our rather condensed urban sprawl the<br>
>> odds of some geographic neighbor using our network is fairly high.? And as a<br>
>> result the continuing odds of abuse of that resource are high.<br>
>><br>
>> We used passwords because of a situation in which a neighbor was eating up<br>
>> all the traffic and causing many people in the space issues.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> -Matt<br>
>><br>
>> On Apr 19, 2010 1:35 PM, "john arclight" <<a href="mailto:arclight@gmail.com">arclight@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> The "Eduroam" concept seems like a great idea if it gets everyone in<br>
>> your network automatic free roaming on other networks. Otherwise, I'm<br>
>> more in favor of open access. We have a simple WEP key which is always<br>
>> written on the whiteboard and never changes. We used to be completely<br>
>> open, until we noticed that 2 local business were using bandwidth 24/7<br>
>> and didn't want to kick in.<br>
>><br>
>> Arclight<br>
>><br>
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