On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 12:33:07AM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote: > You want something that can (gotten from the poorly named thread Richochet > boxes?): > > provide QoS (ala traffic shapping?) > accounting (ala RADIUS-like stuff?) > logging (what do you want to log?) > authentication > Something that works on other those "other" operating systems > > That a list of basic (drechsau) requirements ? Basically. Let me break it down further: QoS as needed, allow people to perhaps purchase levels of service, offer 'times' where things are more open, set up the network to handle far more than 3 people all downloading Warcraft III. Authentication and accounting (which is the logging) to allow a model of 'pay for use', to help track down 'abuse', to allow reports to be drawn up to show how well the business model is working when it is time for the next round of 'funding'. Logging is not about privacy invading information. Logging could be anonymized logs from a transparent cache server to determine where the next 'connection' should come from when dealing with local connections. Etc. Limiting to an OS sucks, I think it needs to be worked on for far more than 'one'. The marketing level of a system doesn't mean the system is the right one :) What we need is a 'standard' for doing stuff via the AP and things would be far more fun and easy for keeping 'abuse', 'theft', and overall 'sharing' at acceptable levels. -- Mike Horwath IRC: Drechsau drechsau at Geeks.ORG Home: 763-540-6815 1901 Sumter Ave N, Golden Valley, MN 55427 Opinions stated in this message, or any message posted by myself through my Geeks.ORG address, are mine and mine alone, period.