[39107] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cable Modem [really responsible engineering]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fletcher E Kittredge)
Tue Jun 26 16:10:26 2001
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To: dhcp-server@isc.org
Cc: nanog@merit.edu (North America Network Operators Group Mailing List)
Reply-To: dhcp-server@isc.org
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:25:08 PDT."
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:08:13 -0400
From: Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@gwi.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:25:08 -0700 Ted Lemon wrote:
> > Also, if the cable/dsl/wireless modem is a router, life
> > becomes much simpler as one can just gather the necessary information
> > via tracing. However, I am not sure requiring modems to be routers is
> > a good thing...
>
> I think you should sit down and read the DOCSIS specifications
> carefully before you say things like this. If implemented correctly,
> it actually works, believe it or not. The modem does _not_ have to
> be a router in order for it to work.
Ted;
Thank you so much!! I will set right out to do so!
regards,
fletcher
