[TriLUG] cable modem caps locally

Tom 'spot' Callaway tcallawa at redhat.com
Wed Oct 9 14:09:42 EDT 2002


On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 13:32, Chris Merrill wrote:
> James Manning wrote:
>  > thing, but it "feels" (since the speed stayed pretty much dead-on
>  > constant) like it's a cap being done at the cable modem itself.
> 
> Does anyone know if this is the case?  I would think that the
> bandwidth limitations would be enforeced at the concentrator
> locations - to eliminate the temptation to tamper with the modems...

Its definitely capped locally on the cable modem. Whether or not its
also capped at the concentrators is anyone's guess.

If I say too much more, I violate federal law.

~spot
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