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Date:	Sun, 7 Jul 2002 12:45:44 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ISP Side IPTrace

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In <3D288FC2.E6A4AEF0@usa.net>, on 07/07/02
at 11:00 AM, Sheridan George said:

>Would that setup be as simple a connecting a plain 4-port hub between the
>cable modem and router with a third port going to another computer or
>does it mean I must dust off my old InJoy 486 and substitute it for the
>router?

A hub will give you the electrical connection, but not neccessarily the
logical connection. Recall that normally a NIC only sees packets
addressed to it, unless its run in promiscous mode, as would be the case
if was pressed into duty as part of a LAN analyzer. So even your 486
might take some tweaking to capture all packets.

Just wondering. Did you have to tell the router the IP address of the
modem? I'm still not entirely clear on who does what in a modem/router
setup.

I agree with your thought that a keep alive would have a much longer
period.

Steven

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