In article , TELECOM Digest Editor responded to Fred Atkinson :
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Other than the fact that she apparently
> was not able to hook herself up to the network, I wonder how the
> school would know what was or wasn't there. In other words, if she now
> were to open the computer and install the original card in there
> instead, how would the school ever find out, or do they search dorm
> rooms looking for contraband hardware, etc? PAT]
If they are being proactive, just check the MAC address of all systems on the network.
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Or if she ever has connection issues and opens a trouble ticket, the person responding to it would find the non-approved card.
Doug Krause snipped-for-privacy@ratcage.com