[RndTbl] Shaw IPs

Kevin Scott muug at lighteningsys.ca
Sun Dec 21 15:20:54 CST 2008


The DOCSIS modems have a configurable CPE (IP addresses),  if its set to 2,
it will lease 2 IPs without needing to be power cycled,   If it is set to 1
In order to connect a 2nd/different device,  either have Shaw add the 2nd
IP,  Or power cycle the modem to release the IP/MAC address the modem has in
the ARP cache - Going this route, you can still can only have 1 active IP
from Shaw.

The Terayon modems have no IP limit - can pull as many as you want.


Its not a memory thing in the DOCSIS modem preventing you from getting more
IP addresses,  it's the config file the modem has,  specs from Motorla say
that the modem will support 32 IP addresses,  Shaw's system has a maximum of
8 IP addresses,   but a residential account only has 1 or 2 included in the
price.


10Mbps hub,  unlikely to see a speed change on just HighSpeed,  Extreme,
yeah, you'll see your speeds not get as fast as they could.  The other thing
to consider when using a hub is you don't have full-duplex traffic, so you
can see a speed drop from that as well, more noticeable on Extreme.

Kevin




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