Cable modem is a shared medium and you do not have the bandwidth on your segment to yourself. You could compare it to ethernet for practical purposes.
The k1d ""Phil Barker"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi Group, > I have been sniffing my broadband connection to > my ISP today and have a few questions. > > My main gripe is that I'm being sent around 100 > Arp requests per minute, which obviously I cannot > resolve. These ARP requests are all originating from > my default G/W at the ISP trying to resolve MAC > addresses of various users. Can anyone confirm if this > is usual or unusual. I cannot see this being correct > since if I set my router up to be one of these IP > addresses I can resolve it to my MAC address Eth 0 > int' or any other mac-address for that matter. > > They also send me DHCP requests, IGMP requests > for group 224.0.0.1 (Which I wish I could join) but > cannot and lots of their private address information > via the above mentioned ARP's. > > I also captured an attemt at an inbound TCP > connection on a dynamic port which my router RST, > thankfully. > > Are they wasting my B/W ? > > Thanx, > > Phil > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30690&t=30689 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
