Re: DHCP

["David U." <davidu@everydns.net>]

Jason Clarke wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> That sounds like a fantastic idea!
>
> Provide some sort of web interface where a student can use a library
> terminal or some such, plug in their MAC ADDR and their student
> number.
>
> I normally don't post a "Good on you jim!" message, but this one has
> set off ideas left right and centre.

My school[1] paid a lot of money for a system from Lucent to do just this
sort of thing. (Called QueueIP I think)

Then again, there's the free/better solution from CMU.

Secure, flexible, scalable.

http://www.net.cmu.edu/netreg/

-davidu

[1]: www.wustl.edu (to its credit though, the system works rather well)