Red Mosquito

I'm sure there's some reason they don't do that. Knowing them it's some dogged dedication to the idea that they shouldn't have to spend extra money because people are cheap dicks.

im sure if they worked with their ISP they could set up rules to kick people off after 30 minutes or if you want to be really vindictive get a copy of the logs and see during the day what mac addresses are connected. then block said mac addresses from connecting.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

Anders wrote:They can have two lines then. One open for customers, that could end up being fairly slow. And one for the staff and the bar to use.

Yeah just use QoS, on a decent router and Guest Wifi.

The more I think about this, the more I'm certain they would NEVER do that. They would never accept an option that requires them to pay one penny of the wifi for the residents in the luxury apartments above them.

Peeps wrote:im sure if they worked with their ISP they could set up rules to kick people off after 30 minutes or if you want to be really vindictive get a copy of the logs and see during the day what mac addresses are connected. then block said mac addresses from connecting.

An ISP doesn't have the ability to control local users on a connection, just the overall connection.

There are facilities available to do this at the router level, that don't cost extra. But they likely have no idea what they're doing, so it'll all seem to hard. In these cases those types of users come up with a ridiculous and/or convoluted method of dealing with it.

I don't miss IT one bit lol

Peeps wrote:im sure if they worked with their ISP they could set up rules to kick people off after 30 minutes or if you want to be really vindictive get a copy of the logs and see during the day what mac addresses are connected. then block said mac addresses from connecting.

Peeps is on the right track here.

Set a timer/limit and change the password regularly.

So when someone comes in, they see whatever the password of the day is and can use it while in the bar.

B wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

Anders wrote:They can have two lines then. One open for customers, that could end up being fairly slow. And one for the staff and the bar to use.

Yeah just use QoS, on a decent router and Guest Wifi.

The more I think about this, the more I'm certain they would NEVER do that. They would never accept an option that requires them to pay one penny of the wifi for the residents in the luxury apartments above them.

I don't think they should pay for their neighbors in any way. However, they could still have a simple password for their guests in the bar on the "open" line, and change it every day, or a few times a week. Happier and more guests. Then they have an exclusive line for their staff, with better speed and access.

I think the moral of the story here is that B just tends to surround himself with assholes.

Bammer wrote:I think the moral of the story here is that B just tends to surround himself with assholes.

It's why I have a soft spot for Bammer.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

Peeps wrote:im sure if they worked with their ISP they could set up rules to kick people off after 30 minutes or if you want to be really vindictive get a copy of the logs and see during the day what mac addresses are connected. then block said mac addresses from connecting.

An ISP doesn't have the ability to control local users on a connection, just the overall connection.

There are facilities available to do this at the router level, that don't cost extra. But they likely have no idea what they're doing, so it'll all seem to hard. In these cases those types of users come up with a ridiculous and/or convoluted method of dealing with it.

I don't miss IT one bit lol

depending on the ISP. you could always go to a local consulting firm and have them configure the router. most routers allow you to set up parental controls. have an open guest wifi for the hours of the place and then have your regular wifi connection pwd protected

B wrote:My favorite part of the story is that when they first changed it, a woman called from an apartment upstairs and asked them to give her the password b/c she got kicked off when it changed. She yelled at them when they refused to give the password over the phone.

https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondandonward ... 48?lang=en

hahaha

Tell us the name of the business so we can all email our solutions to them

I'm assuming this bar is in a populated place, since it is under an apartment building. Why do they feel the need to even have wifi for customers? can't customers use their own cell service? If you need to get work done, go to a coffee shop or something. I'd have just a secure wifi for the business, and that is it.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'm assuming this bar is in a populated place, since it is under an apartment building. Why do they feel the need to even have wifi for customers? can't customers use their own cell service? If you need to get work done, go to a coffee shop or something. I'd have just a secure wifi for the business, and that is it.

This

Nah, that's a terrible take. You don't have to be a cafe to offer wifi to customers these days.

Sorry Ruddo.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:If you need to get work done, go to the fucking office, lazy ass.

Damn right

Ello Sailor wrote:Nah, that's a terrible take. You don't have to be a cafe to offer wifi to customers these days.

People have cell phones. They can use their own fucking data

Sounds like a perfect excuse to start the day with a drink and get the password. Win win.

Team Ruddo. F*ck freeloaders.