Defeating Bell's 'Traffic Management'

[Meng Cheah]

JoeHill wrote:
> I had assumed that using this MLPPP was only for people with 2 or more DSL
> lines, but someone at work tipped me off that he had gotten around it with just
> one, using the Tomato/MLPPP firmware for his Linksys router. If you're using
> the WRT54G or GL/GS, this firmware works great and was a breeze to set up.
>
> Start here:
>
> http://fixppp.org
>
> For me it was like this:
>
> 1. Reset router to factory.
>
> 2. Upload firmware file for my router.
>
> 3. Log in using 'admin' for user and pass.
>
> 4. Configure router.
>
> I like the new interface a lot better, even without the joy of screwing
> with Bell.  :-)
>
> One thing I could not find was a good explanation on exactly how this defeats
> throttling...
>   
Any improvement?
Do you recommend this?

I don't know how this works.
Sure would like an explanation and some data, if available :-)

Regards

Meng


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