In article <200612211553.kBLFr4Dp013715@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> you write:
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:59:21 CST, Robert Bonomi said:
How many people have a search engine as their 'home page' in their web browser?
How many end-user types _don't_know_ about anything other than a web-browser/ mail-client for Internet access?
And what percent of our operational issues are caused by that mindset?
(Hint - how much smaller would the spam problem be if end users actually looked at their cable or DSL modem and wondered why the Tx/Rx lights were on steady even though nothing was apparently happening?)
Given the amount of noise on a cable modem flickering lights mean nothing. Mark bsdi# tcpdump -n -p -i sis0 -c 100 tcpdump: listening on sis0 11:32:41.454256 arp who-has 211.30.229.109 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:41.562115 arp who-has 211.30.199.18 tell 211.30.199.1 11:32:41.642079 arp who-has 220.239.251.63 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:41.643525 arp who-has 220.239.250.171 tell 220.239.250.1 11:32:41.677633 arp who-has 211.30.216.48 tell 211.30.216.1 11:32:41.794968 arp who-has 211.30.226.166 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:41.874214 arp who-has 211.30.217.144 tell 211.30.217.1 11:32:41.940124 arp who-has 220.239.250.110 tell 220.239.250.1 11:32:42.061169 arp who-has 220.239.251.238 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:42.068020 arp who-has 211.30.226.41 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:42.112271 arp who-has 211.30.199.140 tell 211.30.199.1 11:32:42.172243 arp who-has 211.30.230.189 tell 211.30.230.1 11:32:42.202287 arp who-has 211.30.229.12 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:42.427869 arp who-has 211.30.218.25 tell 211.30.218.1 11:32:42.547276 arp who-has 211.30.229.88 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:42.608796 arp who-has 211.30.219.100 tell 211.30.219.1 11:32:42.657183 arp who-has 220.239.249.187 tell 220.239.249.1 11:32:42.850833 arp who-has 211.30.226.203 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:42.950771 arp who-has 211.30.225.26 tell 211.30.225.1 11:32:43.020825 arp who-has 211.30.231.221 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:43.189058 arp who-has 220.239.249.8 tell 220.239.249.1 11:32:43.292814 arp who-has 220.239.251.44 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:43.299346 arp who-has 211.30.231.71 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:43.513540 arp who-has 211.30.197.89 tell 211.30.197.1 11:32:43.691250 arp who-has 211.30.200.132 tell 211.30.200.1 11:32:43.704822 arp who-has 211.30.231.203 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:43.735968 arp who-has 211.30.216.48 tell 211.30.216.1 11:32:43.884020 arp who-has 220.239.235.111 tell 220.239.235.1 11:32:43.960083 arp who-has 211.30.231.194 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:44.125446 arp who-has 220.239.251.63 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:44.153568 arp who-has 211.30.219.144 tell 211.30.219.1 11:32:44.236524 arp who-has 211.30.231.159 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:44.407126 arp who-has 211.30.230.185 tell 211.30.230.1 11:32:44.477931 arp who-has 220.239.251.238 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:44.550663 arp who-has 211.30.229.109 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:44.672468 220.239.253.18.5060 > 204.152.184.238.5060: udp 397 [tos 0x70] 11:32:44.752201 arp who-has 211.30.226.166 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:44.763455 arp who-has 211.30.84.48 tell 211.30.84.1 11:32:44.810355 arp who-has 211.30.231.208 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:44.822101 arp who-has 211.30.197.207 tell 211.30.197.1 11:32:44.834843 arp who-has 211.30.202.153 tell 211.30.202.1 11:32:44.835241 arp who-has 220.239.249.194 tell 220.239.249.1 11:32:44.869841 arp who-has 211.30.199.33 tell 211.30.199.1 11:32:44.876458 204.152.184.238.5060 > 220.239.253.18.5060: udp 421 (DF) 11:32:44.876678 204.152.184.238.5060 > 220.239.253.18.5060: udp 503 (DF) 11:32:44.909326 arp who-has 211.30.220.214 tell 211.30.220.1 11:32:44.925528 arp who-has 211.30.197.180 tell 211.30.197.1 11:32:44.988148 220.239.253.18.5060 > 204.152.184.238.5060: udp 569 [tos 0x70] 11:32:45.054125 arp who-has 211.30.227.157 tell 211.30.227.1 11:32:45.084153 arp who-has 211.30.199.140 tell 211.30.199.1 11:32:45.110233 arp who-has 220.239.251.205 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:45.183978 arp who-has 211.30.197.15 tell 211.30.197.1 11:32:45.229915 arp who-has 211.30.229.171 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:45.249146 arp who-has 220.239.250.110 tell 220.239.250.1 11:32:45.294907 arp who-has 220.239.251.44 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:45.306706 arp who-has 211.30.229.155 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:45.424483 204.152.184.238.5060 > 220.239.253.18.5060: udp 421 (DF) 11:32:45.454086 204.152.184.238.5060 > 220.239.253.18.5060: udp 499 (DF) 11:32:45.498507 arp who-has 211.30.227.66 tell 211.30.227.1 11:32:45.741632 arp who-has 220.239.235.161 tell 220.239.235.1 11:32:45.789663 arp who-has 211.30.200.133 tell 211.30.200.1 11:32:45.833490 arp who-has 211.30.197.118 tell 211.30.197.1 11:32:45.963864 arp who-has 211.30.197.203 tell 211.30.197.1 11:32:46.008005 arp who-has 220.239.235.111 tell 220.239.235.1 11:32:46.079110 arp who-has 211.30.218.14 tell 211.30.218.1 11:32:46.104062 arp who-has 211.30.231.118 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:46.191273 arp who-has 211.30.199.18 tell 211.30.199.1 11:32:46.466939 arp who-has 220.239.253.192 tell 220.239.253.1 11:32:46.478426 arp who-has 211.30.229.48 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:46.580880 arp who-has 220.239.249.8 tell 220.239.249.1 11:32:46.636182 arp who-has 211.30.226.203 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:46.647483 arp who-has 211.30.226.200 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:46.656939 arp who-has 211.30.225.88 tell 211.30.225.1 11:32:46.698932 arp who-has 211.30.217.227 tell 211.30.217.1 11:32:46.785016 arp who-has 220.239.252.119 tell 220.239.252.1 11:32:46.837482 arp who-has 211.30.199.221 tell 211.30.199.1 11:32:46.845408 arp who-has 220.239.252.38 tell 220.239.252.1 11:32:46.875199 arp who-has 211.30.200.132 tell 211.30.200.1 11:32:47.008572 arp who-has 211.30.226.177 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:47.061227 arp who-has 211.30.197.207 tell 211.30.197.1 11:32:47.107482 arp who-has 211.30.231.194 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:47.109845 arp who-has 220.239.252.57 tell 220.239.252.1 11:32:47.110621 arp who-has 211.30.199.140 tell 211.30.199.1 11:32:47.133035 arp who-has 211.30.231.221 tell 211.30.231.1 11:32:47.245990 arp who-has 211.30.230.189 tell 211.30.230.1 11:32:47.397302 arp who-has 220.239.249.194 tell 220.239.249.1 11:32:47.485233 arp who-has 211.30.229.109 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:47.503208 arp who-has 211.30.227.66 tell 211.30.227.1 11:32:47.513614 arp who-has 211.30.217.105 tell 211.30.217.1 11:32:47.515842 arp who-has 211.30.227.135 tell 211.30.227.1 11:32:47.795445 arp who-has 211.30.226.166 tell 211.30.226.1 11:32:47.866079 arp who-has 220.239.251.238 tell 220.239.251.1 11:32:47.895090 arp who-has 220.239.250.110 tell 220.239.250.1 11:32:47.985546 arp who-has 211.30.218.252 tell 211.30.218.1 11:32:48.010843 arp who-has 211.30.229.171 tell 211.30.229.1 11:32:48.057425 arp who-has 211.30.227.157 tell 211.30.227.1 11:32:48.059150 arp who-has 211.30.200.28 tell 211.30.200.1 11:32:48.191482 arp who-has 211.30.84.48 tell 211.30.84.1 11:32:48.243904 arp who-has 211.30.225.247 tell 211.30.225.1 11:32:48.259387 arp who-has 211.30.226.41 tell 211.30.226.1 102 packets received by filter 0 packets dropped by kernel bsdi#
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