Tony Langdon wrote:
At 01:22 PM 11/19/2011, Rohan McLeod wrote:
I don't believe iPrimus cares; certainly they promote 'parental controls'; which would seem to imply shared access ! No, that doesn't imply sharing OUTSIDE your house! :) ISPs expect that there will be multiple machines behind a router these days, but some still have AUPs that prohibit sharing with the neighbours. :) thats OK; I am a devotee of the particular form of war-fare known as 'house sharing'
There's a couple of ways you can go. You can enforce a specific IP address via DHCP, if you know the MAC address of the other users' PCs.
Same problem as gathering IP addresses from very naive users.....not worth the hassle !
Slightly easier, because you can packet sniff the MAC addresses, (after eliminating your devices), then setup the static DHCP entries. Now, you have fixed IP addresses to filter. :) All they have to do for you to set this up is surf the net. :) This sounds like a possibility, any chance of getting the LAN IP addresses as well ?; because that's what the E2000 seems to want.
The other way is to go to a hotspot like web portal system, which can also keep track of usage, so you can even cut off a user who blows their quota. I think there's some open source ones around.
I take it this is a software solution; on which machine is the software running ?
I've seen a couple of different configurations. Some run on a Linux box that acts as the router. Others run on a separate box and use a router with customised firmware. I'm not sure of the current status, so Google will be your friend now. :)
Coming back to my original question: Is there " a method of gathering these addresses " ; via the router ? Can I take it that you think this is not possible ?
Well, that depends, like everything else discussed, on how far you want to go. Most routers are not designed to do things this fancy, I take it that 'things this fancy' amounts to some kind of packet-sniffing ?; assuming the E2000 can't do anything like that; then it would seem that short of building a Linux router; I would have to purchase a fairly specialised device; which is usually code for expensive ! so your mileage will definitely vary. Some routers won't even do static DHCP, which is a pain when you want to reserve a port forward for a specific device that moves from network to network. If you are exploring my knowledge of data-communications; I can summarise 'very rudimentary'; I know what an IP- port is, but for the life of me I can't understand, what is meant by 'forwarding' it ! Bit like the story about the man who turned into an alcoholic; which was countered by one about a man who turned into a driveway !
your replies are much appreciated thnks Rohan Mcleod