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Stanislav Shalunov wrote: > On Aug 9, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Joe Touch wrote: > >> User = IP address (i.e., just to keep it simple). > > In a typical home deployment, there's just one IP address visible to the > home gateway (e.g., cable/DSL modem): the address that the home router > has acquired. The actual machines, phones, game consoles, etc., are > behind a NAT. The addresses that I'm thinking of keeping track of would be those on the home side, for all the machines behind the device. NATd or not, doesn't matter - it's the same problem. Think of it this way. You have a home gateway, and your Tivo goes berzerk with UDP packets to the Internet; you don't want that starving out your laptop's email, or anything else. This is less about being truly 'fair', since any fairness scheme can be gamed. It's about preventing starvation... Joe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkp/aOoACgkQE5f5cImnZrsEMgCg3mKYY8Ddy9Cc27hPNOB5Ij0f /3sAoOJ4IJRmwnJ0VVi7JjUeg4/jIoY6 =OQnt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
