On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:17:15AM -0400, Martin Hicks wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 09:42:39AM -0400, rgb wrote:
> > Interesting numbers. How are you collecting this data? I've never tried or
> > even known that I could collect information from my DSL modem. I don't know
> > if it makes any difference, but I've got ethernet over ATM rather than
> > PPPoE.
> > It is the same modem, but configured slightly differently. I've never seen
> > a
> > configuration or statistics interface for any of my DSL modems.
> >
> > I'm currently on Taksavvy, but have previously been on CIA, IGS, iStop,
> > BellNexxia, all on the same type of service. The Teksavvy line is on a dry
> > loop.
>
> Search around on the internet for your modem model. It probably has an
> IP address configured that you don't know about.
Ok, I'll have to wait until I get home to check... The only IP addresses I've
seen are ones that are used by endpoints on either side of it, so I had no idea
where to start looking... A Quick search shows there's lots of info out
there... thanks. It hadn't occurred to me that it would be doing proxy
arping...
> You could collect the stats with a cron job running on a linux box, mrtg
> and a few scripts to parse the data.
Once I know the IP address and what protocols it uses it all makes sense...
Thanks.
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