RE: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?

[Curtis Maurand <curtis () maurand com>]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Andrew Dorsett wrote:

> On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Vivien M. wrote:
> Yes I am... I am referring to a system which an unmentionable university
> has in place.  It requires the user to enter their username and password
> each time the link state changes before they are allowed outside of the
> local lan.  This is also similar to the new port
> authentication system on the Extreme Networks switches.  It automatically
> delves out an address to the user so they can access a login portal and
> then it reissues them a legitimate address once they have been
> authenticated.  This is a pretty slick setup for mobile users who connect
> in temporarily to public portals but it makes little sense in a fixed
> network environment of a dorm room or office.

Its the same type of system used for hotspots.

Curtis
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