<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ken MacFerrin</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@macferrin.com">lists@macferrin.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
><br>> Is it really true that all broadband modems in a neighborhood receive<br>> the packets from every other user in the neighborhood? I've also heard<br>> that if you directly connect to the cable modem that if you use windows
<br>> or some other smb compatible browser you can see al the computers that<br>> are on in your neighborhood? I'd assume a router, like I use is a good<br>> measure to protect against anyone being able to access my computers
<br>> without my permission right (since it assigns internal dynamic IPs and<br>> requires port forwarding for outside requests to reach any inside<br>> computer)?<br>><br><br>No.. you cannot browse your neighborhood on a cable modem. Cable modem
<br>providers use the DOCSIS architecture that uses a cable modem and CMTS<br>in the same way that DSL uses a DSL modem and DSLAM. Cable modems then<br>use BPI+ specs (based on digital cert key exchange) to secure the cable
<br>modem to CMTS path.<br>-Ken<br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-tech mailing list<br><a href="mailto:clue-tech@cluedenver.org">clue-tech@cluedenver.org</a><br><a href="http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech">
http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech</a><br></blockquote></div><br>ah that reminds me...what does it mean when I see the following BPI error entries in my modems log? The internet works fine so I'm not sure what the BPI is for other then enlarging my modems log :P ...
<br><br><table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><th bgcolor="#736b08" width="20%"><font color="#ffffff">Time</font></th>
<th bgcolor="#736b08" width="10%"><font color="#ffffff">Priority</font></th>
<th bgcolor="#736b08" width="10%"><font color="#ffffff">Code</font></th>
<th bgcolor="#736b08" width="60%"><font color="#ffffff">Message</font></th></tr>
<tr><td>2007-02-16 00:40:13</td><td>7-Information</td><td><br></td><td>DS multicast is not mapped to SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:40:13</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B605.10</td><td>Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID
</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:40:13</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B601.0</td><td>SA Map State Machine Started</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:40:10</td><td>7-Information</td><td><br></td><td>DS multicast is not mapped to SAID
</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:40:10</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B605.10</td><td>Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:40:10</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B601.0</td>
<td>SA Map State Machine Started</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:38:20</td><td>7-Information</td><td><br></td><td>DS multicast is not mapped to SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:38:20</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B605.10
</td><td>Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:38:20</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B601.0</td><td>SA Map State Machine Started</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:38:17</td>
<td>7-Information</td><td><br></td><td>DS multicast is not mapped to SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:38:17</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B605.10</td><td>Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID</td>
</tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:38:17</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B601.0</td><td>SA Map State Machine Started</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:00:13</td><td>7-Information</td><td><br></td><td>DS multicast is not mapped to SAID
</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:00:13</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B605.10</td><td>Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-16 00:00:13</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B601.0</td>
<td>SA Map State Machine Started</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-15 16:41:35</td><td>7-Information</td><td><br></td><td>DS multicast is not mapped to SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-15 16:41:35</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B605.10
</td><td>Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-15 16:41:35</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B601.0</td><td>SA Map State Machine Started</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-15 16:39:41</td>
<td>7-Information</td><td><br></td><td>DS multicast is not mapped to SAID</td></tr><tr><td>2007-02-15 16:39:41</td><td>7-Information</td><td>B605.10</td><td>Map Reject - Downstream Traffic Flow Not Mapped to BPI+ SAID</td>
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