Originally posted here by roy
Hi,

I have subscribed to a cable internet connection, where in to connect to the internet , i have to first login to their site, which is hosted on their computer.

I want to know if its possible for me & others subscribers of the cable network, to know as to who all r online.

initially i could see other computers, in my network neighbourhood, but lately , thats not posssible. why??

By knowing how many users r online, i might know why the connection is so slow at times.

Is it possible for the others users or the cable internet provider to access the contents of my system.

Thanx
Roy
i have a win2000 server

Yes, it's possible for others to view the contents of your system, if you make services available on your system, such as drive shares, and mis-configured ftp and webservers. It's really a privacy then, your isp is not going to tell you who is online.

You do have an expectation of a certain amount of speed that you purchase in your month plan. You'd do yourself alot of good by using some type of bandwidth monitoring tool, so you can check your speeds and how they vary though-out the day. You can then report this info to your isp if they are not meeting the requirements of the service.


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