Defeating Bell's 'Traffic Management'

[Thomas Milne]

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Meng Cheah <meng-R6A+fiHC8nRWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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 :-)
>

I've got nothing else to do, I'm at work :-)))
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