[wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

Michael Dittmer michael.dittmer at paradise.net.nz
Wed Aug 11 20:10:53 NZST 2004


So how will that affect existing cable customers?

Can we expect to see more higher speed options and more traffic per month?

Or more shocking, UNLIMITED TRAFFIC!!!! 

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
[mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nigel Roberts
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 8:03 PM
To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)

It's 1.0.

The plan is to move to 1.1/2.0 soon.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 19:48:10 +1200, Michael Dittmer wrote:

> BTW...what DOCSIS is Paradise using?
> 
> Is it version 1.1 or version 2.0?
> 
> Michael 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz
> [mailto:wellylug-admin at lists.naos.co.nz] On Behalf Of Nigel Roberts
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:41 PM
> To: wellylug at lists.naos.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [wellylug] Nightmares on Paradise (solved)
> 
> Yes and no.
> 
> There are Com21 CMTSs and DOCSIS CMTSs (where CMTS is Cable Modem
> Termination System) and they both connect to the same physical
> network. The head end is effectively the same for both, but they
> operate at different frequencies.
> 
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 15:35:24 +1200, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> 
> > I always understood there was two Head Ends for both modem networks...
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 15:15, Nigel Roberts wrote:
> > > This is exactly right.
> > > 
> > > Since each technology (Com21 and DOCSIS) use different equipment at
> > > both ends, they are in fact seperate at layer 2 which means they must
> > > be seperate at layer 3.
> > > 
> > > They could be combined together, but why make a broadcast domain any
> > > larger than it needs to be? :)
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 14:29:38 +1200, Sam Cannell wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:30:41 +1200, Donald Gordon <don at dis.org.nz>
> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > On a vaguely related note, did they change your IP address when
they
> > > > > swapped your COM21 modem for a DOCSIS?
> > > > > 
> > > > > donald (whose COM21 is still plugged into an ISA NE2000 clone)
> > > > 
> > > > My understanding is that there are separate subnets for Docsis and
> > > > Com21 users - I believe that anyone migrated from Com21 to Docsis
will
> > > > have their address changed.
> > > > 
> > > > 
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