mpe

Especially since it turns out that what Frog actually does turns out to be a rather obscure hack which provides rather minimal "intergartion".

In theory you could, but it would be quite a bit of work. You'd need some way of storing the IP details in either the machines NVRAM or HDD. Then a way to get that information where you needed it. Which is going to be especially difficult with Windows. What are your "various reasons" for not using DHCP?

You might want to do it the other way around. Plug the "sender" unit in a the classroom end and use the unit with all the LEDs at the patch panel end. Then you can just go through the patch panel sockets until something lights up. Anyway whoever put the wiring in should have tested it!

If you don't something like IN04457 from CPC should do the trick. A tone set (as typically used for telephone wiring) can also be useful in tracking down miswiring. e.g. IN05154 also from CPC.

You might do better going to SystemRescueCd Might not look as pretty as Ubuntu but is a lot smaller and has all the tools you'll need.

It's a pity there's no easy way to ensure that LFTs break completly when they attempt to install software. Especially when it's a piece of malware they are attempting to install. All too often these are those who claim to "need" it most.

The relevent issue is data regardless of how it is stored. (Including using data storage methods yet to be invented.) Even if you get this you will also need to specify this use on your registration with the Infomation Commissioner's Office. In addition there's also the matter of where the money to do any of this would be coming from.

IIRC this kind of loophole was only present in the 1984 Act. The current legislation being the 1998 Act.

Without knowing what you are running on your network this isn't much help. Far more use to look at the source and destination IP or MAC addreses. Indeed you'd probably be better off looking at the MAC addresses. Since the troublesome packets need not be IPv4 in the first place.

A network protocol analyser, such as wireshark, will tell you where these are coming from.

Follow the instructions at FOGUserGuide - FOGWiki It's best that you set the image to upload straight after you have done all the set up on your "master" machine. Then it should automatically join itself to the domain when it reboots afterwards.

You only found one problem with it ? Would that be the one where the splash screen needs modifying to read "Time to make a Cuppa"

There's a difference between "can only be run on (up to) 5 machines at one time" and "can only only ever be used on 5 machines". Note that "licences" are subject to the "law of the land". You really need to ask the specific question to a lawyer.

The simple answer is that nobody actually knows. Since none of these claims have actually been tested in court, at least in this country. Unlike in Germany where a court decided that the likes of "OEM", "Retail", etc distinctions were meaningless.

Indeed it's unlikely that you won't wind up worst off. AFAIK diarrhoea is not a common symptom of flu. However it is a common symptom of killing off most gut bacteria.

Things that do "harm the system" may not be the kind of stuff about which a fuss is likely to be made either. Nor are the worst troublemakers always the kids. e.g. video streaming sites can be far more disruptive than some teenagers looking for nude pictures.

But not that good an AI that it objects to being treated as a slave

How many cases are there of people being actually harmed whilst using "The Internet"? Especially after eliminating fraud, which which dosn't tend to be applicable here. People do actually suffer injuries (including fatal injuries) using bikes. Even more so when using motorbikes.

On who's advice, the ISP's? My advice to any teachers is that they are never to put a CD provided by an ISP into they machine without either putting a least three deep scratches from hub to rim on the lable side or at least 15 seconds in the microwave The other problem along these lines is changing proxy settings.

Not only is there no enforcement behind this the whole thing is "self certify" with a modest fee.

Which is worrying enough even if your data isn't covered by the DPA, thus has no business being within a few thousand km of Google. Also when you trust any company with your data you are also trusting anyone they trust and anyone who has sucessfully infiltrated them.

So more aimed that the home user than "enterprise" (which includes schools) One thing often overlooked with the whole "cloud computing" idea is the issue of data protection laws. Companies such a Google are already based in countries with weak data protection laws. Such systems are also very likely to be targeted by both government snoops and organised crime (in some parts of the world these may be the same people).

IME teacher & laptop can be a worst combination.

"Not working" is the phrase I'd banish. Together with any other highly ambiguous term for describing a fault.

Or "it won't boot and all the stuff I need for tonight's parents' evening is on it". In this case most of his data was actually recoverable, but not in the timescale he would have liked. Whereas those who have had their laptops stolen were less lucky.