This reply is the recollection of something barely understood some time ago so subject to revision and error.
My understanding of PPP is that while hosts will be given subnet type IP addresses the PPP protocol works on a peer to peer basis. I do not know if this feature is continued in PPPoE if that is what you use to connect to your ISP. As an experiment, if you can, get your WAN device preform a subnet discovery ping by pinging the broadcast address; ping -b xxx.xxx.xxx.255 Let us know how you get on inquiring minds want to know. Cheers Ross Drummond On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:48, Chris wrote: > > OK, correct me if i'm wrong here, but i take this to mean that owing to the > shared nature of the cable network, it would be possible to have a direct > non chargeable path to my friend up the road if he/she is also on the same > subnet? > > Why is this seen as such a bad thing?
