Controlling access at the Ethernet level

[Gunnarsson, Mikael]

> I just had a simple thought: can you just physically unplug 
> the network 
> cable for the particular room from your router?  You can't 
> steal service 
> w/out link.  Not as nice as a programmatic solution, but probably as 
> effective; I guess you'd just have to make sure each cable is labeled.

But even if it's just a small campus it would require a lot of communication over the Nike protocol to plug/unplug cables.. It would probably require several full-time persons if it's larger than a few buildings.

I.e. while an effective solution, it's not very practical for the administrators..

Mikael











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