The NZ Linux Resource
From: David Anso (syslists@zip.co.nz)
Date: Tue 01 Jul 2003 - 07:11:48 NZST


> Change your username to "user@jetstreamgames.co.nz" and
tell me how long
> it takes to change the rate.

Please excuse the bad ASCII art.

Essentially, when you login to Jetstream games, your traffic
traverses a different virtual circuit.  The Jestream games
virtual circuit has no rate limiting on it, the one to IPNet
will still be set to rate-limit your port (even though you
can't route data to it at the time).

        ______
       |      |
DSLAMS-| RAN  |--- IPNet --- ISP --- Internet
       |______|
          |
          |
          |
      Jetstream
        Games

So logging into Jetstream games does not cause a real time
change to your rate-limiting, it simply routes around it.

Disclaimer:  I do not work for Telecom and this information
was all found in the public domain.  And as always there is
potential that this information is erronious (just like my
spelling).

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