I Totally agree. No reason for an ISP to charge for such things. Reminds me of the days when the phone company used to charge per phone before they were broken up. I have a feeling that in the future, perhaps, it will be a per packet cost. At one place I worked each Dept was charged xxx per Gigabyte of data transfered to and from their respective segments. Maybe this will slide into the home market someday don't know. Cheers -Joe Blanchard

---------- From: Cutler, James R[SMTP:james.cutler@eds.com] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:40 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Cc: Cutler, James R Subject: NAT Router for other purposes

I use a Linksys BEFSR41B to connect both my PC and my Linksys printer server together while I am using my Internet connection. This way I can use the Internet and any of the three printers supported transparently with nothing but selecting which printer I want to use.

And, since I use a company laptop as my PC, the hardware changes often. The Linksys insulates these changes from my ISP connection.

Oh, in addition, I never see DOS attacks against my PC or my printer server, since the Linksys does not respond to connection attempts.

Does this mean that I am an evil person, trying to cheat the ISP? Should I be charged $5/month to use my printers which cannot be accessed from the ISP connection?

I think not, and, not.

- James R. Cutler, EDS 800 Tower Drive, Troy, MI 48098 248 265 7514 (8-3650