And thats exactly where upload bandwidth users should be, in your noc. Why tie up valuable AP time with a subscriber using upstream time? Most people want download speed. Others can use a hosting service or your noc :)
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote: > I don't think many people are going to see this. Pretty sure every > ISP out there has a heavier download ratio then upload ratio. The > upload bandwidth is minimal (say 512k) so it isn't like they can host > much on it. > > I do have a customer that pays for 2U of rack space in our NOC for > their game servers. This is awesome for everyone - it saves them > money versus a big colo, uses my under utilized upstream and they get > a great connection for their games. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Justin Wilson <li...@mtin.net> wrote: >> Charging for a Static IP is also a deterrent. Most of the time either >> gamers or people who want to run servers want static public IP addresses. >> You don’t want some kid hosting 10 other friends on his connection do you? >> This is why most gamers need to have a public IP. They are essentially >> running a server for their buddies to connect to. All Xbox Live does is >> connect to the best host (aka other person) to feed off them. >> >> If you are going to hand out public IP addresses to residential >> customers assign them from a pool and make them change so often via DHCP. >> -- >> Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> >> http://www.mtin.net/blog >> Wisp Consulting – Tower Climbing – Network Support >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Mike Hammett <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> >> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:00:42 -0500 >> To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] XBOX live, NAT, and UPnP >> >> I plan to IPv6 in the next year or so. >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> On 8/2/2010 10:04 AM, Jeremy Parr wrote: >>> Reason number 5392 to not NAT your customers. Along those lines, who >>> is rolling out a dual stack ipv6 network? >>> >>> On 8/2/10, Kurt Fankhauser<k...@wavelinc.com> wrote: >>>> So does anyone here have any customers that use XBOX live and bark to you >>>> about you NAT? Apparently the XBOX live service is very picky about being >>>> behind any NAT device and its ability to make connections to other >>>> servers. >>>> > From what I gathered is that the LIVE service uses Universal Plug and >>>> > Play >>>> (UPnP) to get around this but the question I have is. If your doing >>>> masquerade on a Mikrotik Core Router should you enable UPnP on that >>>> device? >>>> Or should I just issue public IP's to the customer that games and let >>>> them >>>> worry about it? And if you have UPnP enabled on the core router and then >>>> do >>>> a double-NAT through the customers Linksys router with UPnP enable does >>>> that >>>> not work because of the double-NAT? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Kurt Fankhauser >>>> WAVELINC >>>> P.O. Box 126 >>>> Bucyrus, OH 44820 >>>> 419-562-6405 >>>> www.wavelinc.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
