On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 08:57:39 -0600 Limonciello, Mario wrote: > The important thing to remember is that many of these machines *don't* > have in-built network controller and rely upon a USB-c network adapter. > > I recall a few reasons. > > 1) Consistency with the UEFI network stack and dual booting Windows when > using the machine. IOW 1 DHCP lease to one network controller, not one OS. > > 2) A (small) part of an onion that is network security. It allows > administrators to allow-list or block-list controllers. > > The example I recall hearing is someone has their laptop stolen and > notifies I/T. I/T removes the MAC address of the pass through address > from the allow-list and now that laptop can't use any hotel cubes for > accessing network resources. > > 3) Resource planning and management of hoteling resources. > > For example allow facilities to monitor whether users are reserving and > using the hoteling cubes they reserved. Interesting, I haven't thought about use case (3). Do you know how this is implemented on other platforms?
