[isf-wifidog] Bandwidth quotas + user reminder

[Proulx François]

I do have full access on all databases. I will add it to the schema  
by noon tomorrow. And will notice Mina.  I guess I'll default the  
field to NULL so by default nodes won't have a limit.  We do have to  
move node administration to the Node class getAdminUI() +  
processAdminUI() methods. I might have some time to do it by next  
friday. I will add fields so that it can be modified using the admin  
interface.

I think it's fair to inform our users that they should not abuse the  
system.

Seeya

On 10-May-2005, at 21:16 , Mina Naguib wrote:

> 2. The hotspot's definitions in the 2 above fields
> 3. The hotspot's total bandwidth for the month



On 10-May-2005, at 21:16 , Mina Naguib wrote:

>
> Hey everyone
>
> The first part of this email is for the wifidog team, the second  
> for all volunteers:
>
>
> Part 1:
>
> I'd like to start working on bandwidth limiting/throttling.
>
> For that, I'd like to add 2 new fields to the nodes table:
> MaxMonthlyIncoming
> MaxMonthlyOutgoing
>
> which will get filled as per the package/agreement of each hotspot  
> with their ISP.
>
> My idea involves a "throttle in=x, out=y" parameter that the  
> wifidog server will tell the wifidog client upon a user login.  The  
> value for X and Y will be calculated from a formula I have not  
> created yet, but will involve:
> 1. the user's previous bandwidth history (low/regular/hungry/abuser)
> 2. The hotspot's definitions in the 2 above fields
> 3. The hotspot's total bandwidth for the month
> 4. The hotspot's average # of unique users, visits, and traffic  
> over the past P months
> 5. Probably more, but I have not thought about it thoroughly yet
>
> Unless anyone disagrees, could one of the people with CVS access to  
> the schema add the new fields and let me know ?  I'd add them  
> myself in the db, but I wanted to run it by everyone first and I  
> have done nothing server-side before so I did not want to intrude.
>
> Once the fields are created I'll try to fill them, then start  
> playing with the forumula until I get something that looks decent .
>
>
> Part 2:
>
> On a tangent thought, could we add something like this on the auth  
> server's login/portal screens:
> "Please browse responsibly!  Bandwidth is never free.  Check with  
> the owner of this hotspot first before sending/receiving large  
> amounts of data."
>
> The wording can be butchered as much as you like, but I don't think  
> it's fair to blame users for abusing the system (such as Kafein's  
> situation) if we've never informed them of what's acceptable and  
> what's not.
>
>
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