Wayland, David Moss here... The wireless kit and a hub are all layer 2 - they pass all traffic with no regard for where it is destined for. The recieving computer simply says "o those packets that I can see / hear are for me - i'll do something with them"... The other computers say "those packets are nothing to do with me - i'll ignore them and wait for them to finish before I try and send" - Something like that. You should put a router between your own network and your wireless network - this will eliminate the problem.
If you need any help let me know. I have a multinode service in East Cambridgeshire. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:31 AM Subject: [smartBridges] Local traffic swamping with hub (MRTG) > I suppose this is probably obvious but it suprized me. We have just > installed the MRTG traffic graphic web page on our Linux box. This was > producing meaningfull graphs of Internet use per customer until I copied a > CD from one local PC to another. My graph went through the roof! The stange > this was that this was not between to wireless connected nodes but through a > hub and cat 5 cable. My airBridge registered massive network traffic, which > ofcourse was present on my wired network. My question is does this local > traffic get transmitted wirelessly? Wireless connected hosts were almost > impossible to reach whilst the 600MB transfer was taking place. > > What is your experience with this issue? > > airBridge----hub---=local pcs > > Thanks, > Wayland. > > > Can't get ADSL? Then sign up with www.countybroadband.co.uk > > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
