Cable Forum - View Single Post - Do broadcast ARPs count against bandwidth?

Alan G · 08-08-2005, 23:23

On a blueyonder 512k connection I see between 20 to 200+ packets per second all day due (I presume) to worm activity. Now this averages around 20k/sec throught the day and occasionally peaks over 100k sustained for a second. It's this traffic that keeps my modem light on almost constantly.

Question is does this count against my 512k? It seems to me it does. Even worse does it count against a cap on services such as ntl as this traffic is steadily increasing and already over a gig per month.

I'm quite happy for my modem light to flash the few times a minute a worm specifically targets my own IP but I'd rather not see the network arping every time the virus tries someone elses address. Especially if its eating my bandwidth.

Do ntl and telewest have any plans to filter this or am I just in a particularly noisy area?

Thanks.

08-08-2005, 23:23	#1
Alan G Inactive Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 3	Do broadcast ARPs count against bandwidth? On a blueyonder 512k connection I see between 20 to 200+ packets per second all day due (I presume) to worm activity. Now this averages around 20k/sec throught the day and occasionally peaks over 100k sustained for a second. It's this traffic that keeps my modem light on almost constantly. Question is does this count against my 512k? It seems to me it does. Even worse does it count against a cap on services such as ntl as this traffic is steadily increasing and already over a gig per month. I'm quite happy for my modem light to flash the few times a minute a worm specifically targets my own IP but I'd rather not see the network arping every time the virus tries someone elses address. Especially if its eating my bandwidth. Do ntl and telewest have any plans to filter this or am I just in a particularly noisy area? Thanks.