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20 years 7 months ago #3509 by ashcrimson0083
hey, this question is kinda buggin me, does a broadband router decrease the speed of your internet connection, a guy i know upgraded his connection to 3mbps, it's a cable service btw, but whenever he runs a speed test, it pops up with 1.8mbps only, when he disconnects the router, 2.5mbps pops up, is there anything that the router contributes to this concern? thanks
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20 years 7 months ago #3511 by sahirh
You find quirky things with cable networks here.. may even be that there is some bandwidth capping going on with his router's MAC address, and when he uses his normal box's NIC its not being limited...

The setup of these cable companies can be fairly obfuscated, sometimes downright difficult to work out.

Sahir Hidayatullah.
Firewall.cx Staff - Associate Editor & Security Advisor
tftfotw.blogspot.com
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20 years 7 months ago #3512 by ashcrimson0083
does mac cloning/spoofing help?
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20 years 7 months ago #3513 by sahirh
Well I suppose mac cloning may help, mac spoofing is a different ballgame alltogether..

Sahir Hidayatullah.
Firewall.cx Staff - Associate Editor & Security Advisor
tftfotw.blogspot.com
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20 years 7 months ago #3514 by ashcrimson0083
is mac spoofing not equal to mac cloning? how is it different?
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20 years 7 months ago #3516 by sahirh
Sorry I had myself confused last post, I thought you were talking about arp spoofing [which is a different ballgame altogether]
*slaps head in stupidity*

Sahir Hidayatullah.
Firewall.cx Staff - Associate Editor & Security Advisor
tftfotw.blogspot.com
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