You can set the lease period on the DHCP server to as low as minutes.
Good Luck.
On 2/8/10, Mary Rogers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We have wireless at our library and about a year ago, I had the network
> "guru" over at our town hall set it up via DHCP. We only have 12 "slots"
> on
> our network for those folks wanting to use wireless. We don't authenticate
> and it has worked well for the most part. Once in a while I would have to
> release a lease because all of the slots were used up. Well -- about 3
> weeks ago, all of the sudden the leases are all in use constantly! When I
> go into the DHCP settings it almost looks like something is automatically
> taking up all the slots and I don't know how to stop that from happening.
>
> Our server that this is set up on is a Windows 2000 server if that helps.
> Also -- we use Access Points throughout the building rather than wireless
> routers. Is there a way to have the leases automatically expire after an
> hour? That is how much time we allow patrons to use the computers in our
> Technology Center.
>
> Any help on this would be much appreciated!
>
> Mary E. Rogers
> Associate Director
> Trumbull Library System
> 33 Quality St.
> Trumbull, CT 06611
> 203-452-5116 (voice)
> 203-452-5125 (fax)
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>
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