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Re: Terayon Cable Modem

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Ben Williams (btw@eniac.mine.nu)
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 20:16:08 -0800

On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 07:54:51PM -0800, Robert Adams wrote:
> Why is the Receive light flashing regularly like that? It happens even if
> the PC attached to the modem (my firewall) is powered down. It doesn't
> seem to be affecting the performance of the modem, but I can't account for
> it at all.

It is probably just broadcast traffic on the cable network directed to
every computer.
If you run 'tcpdump not host <your ip addr>' you can see the broadcast
traffic as it arrives. 

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