Defeating Bell's 'Traffic Management'

[Meng Cheah]

Thomas Milne wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Meng Cheah <meng-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>>     
>
> Yes, definitely. If I've got a lot of seeds, then the download is
> always fast, no matter what time of day.
>
>   
>> Do you recommend this?
>>     
>
> Yes, even without defeating the throttling, the Tomato firmware is an
> improvement.
>
>   
>> I don't know how this works.
>> Sure would like an explanation and some data, if available :-)
>>     
>
> That I do not have. I am curious myself as to exactly how it works. My
> limited understanding is that Multilink splits your data into two
> streams, and since Bell can only inspect one stream at a time, they
> cannot tell what's going on with either one.
>
>
> B. (aka Joe)
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>   
That was quick :-)

Thanks.

Meng


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