This is my re-post of my reply which I *think* wasn't posted due
to my email domain name change. If anyone has seen this reply
before, please notify me. It appears that the listserver
doesn't notify of rejected postings. Original post:
What are the policies of your cable modem ISP? Many (all?)
don't allow you connect multiple PCs without paying extra. The
issue is IP addresses. If their network sees more than one IP
address on your side of the modem then they a) won't like it, b)
may be cutting back on your QoS (quality of service) which may
be what's causing the b/w problem. The way to do it is with
one Linux box as a firewall/router doing IP masquerading. That
way the ISP only sees one IP address and one NIC. The other
NIC in that box would connect to your hub. Please note that
there are issues involved with SuSE and DHCP (which cable modem
systems use - at least mine does) in that at present it doesn't
seem to handle a DHCP client on one NIC and a fixed IP on
another. Some people have had luck with this, however. See
previous posts by Scott Walker and others with subjects
involving IP Masquerading and DHCP. I will forward one to you
that has a solution by Scott (not sure how this list feels about
attachments) in case you haven't been subscribed long enough.
-Bob
On 5 Apr 99, at 13:12, shango white wrote:
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> I got TCI =)
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> Ok, I first tested the modem with my computer and it has a new Linksys
> 10/100 card in it. It got enormous speed =)
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> Then I did soem work put a 16 port hub on the modem, hooked up 4
> computers as of right now. Usually only 2 computers are asking for
> packets.
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> Now my problem is. My computer is signaling problems. It has no problem
> with websites but downloads are unbearable slow. I am lucky if I reach
> twice the speed of a 56k. As I said simple browsing is fast.
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> Now the other computers have a winbond 10/100 card in them. They have
> also no problem browsing. Downloading is though faster than on my
> machine. It still doesn't reach the speed when I ran it without hub.
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> I imagine the hub puts a small speed trap in there but not to the amount
> I see it imagineable.
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> By how much should the hub affect this or do I have a defect card in my
> machine. I believe TCI also takes part in the slow down as sometimes
> their service entirely drops out with 5-30 second gaps.
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> How do I know if I have a defective network card???
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> Thanks,
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> Shango
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