Yes, they assign each cablemodem an ip address and they have to know which one to route into and outgoing data to. Traffic monitoring tools are not too expensive that I can't get some limited ones even for my home LAN.Quote:
Originally posted by metalrebelzz@19 March 2003 - 13:27
true switeck,
i just meant on a local cable bottleneck.....
btw i was wondering, is there a way for them to tell who is using the extra bandwidth????
So they have to know at least the number of ip data packets go to/from those locations. Where that data is stored only very briefly, short-term (1 day), or long-term (3 months) probably depends on ISP -- but I think the US government wants ISPs to have data logs (at least email logs) for something like 3 months. Carnovore's replacement is hard at work!
If you're too far away from the central office A/DSL lines will have reduced speed and possibly reduced reliability. Cablemodems even at the edge of the local network can manage whatever speed the overall network can bear and/or whatever they're capped to.
