"Robert G. Fisher" <rfisher@mail.neocom.net> said:
[...]
> If you're using a device that works in the bridging mode -- good
> luck on anyone figuring out if you're using IPMasq (or todays
> equivalent) from the other side -- your usage of such methods will
> of course be more regulated by your principles. -- Though I tend
> to alternate between chuckling and pulling hair at all the management
> types who think NAT is such a big worry that the consumer will pull
> more bandwidth -- despite the fact that they are paying for this amount
> of traffic and no matter if they're using NAT or not -- they won't
> consume more bandwidth than their link (and access rates on the routers)
> allow.
That is just the upper limit, they are betting on you not using it all. One
person sitting in front on Netscape won't saturate the link for any long
streches of time, half a dozen certainly will have it solid most of the
time.
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