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third party router

duck200 — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 23:15:26 GMT

should i enable bitswap? Enabling Bitswap could cause issues with the DLM?

Re: third party router

WSH — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 23:18:33 GMT

It doesn’t on my Draytek, but it’s enabled by the exchange equipment. Not me.

Re: third party router

duck200 — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 23:47:47 GMT

what do you mean

Re: third party router

licquorice — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:40:41 GMT

The DSLAM decides if bitswap is implemented or not, not you. All the setting does is enable it to be implemented.

Re: third party router

WSH — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:40:08 GMT

Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I was trying to avoid getting too technical.

Draytek is a brand of router. I use a Draytek 2762.

As Liquorice says, whether bitswap is used or not is determined by the equipment managing the line at the exchange.

Re: third party router

pippincp — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:09:24 GMT

@WSH The DSLAM is at the cabinet not the exchange.

Re: third party router

WSH — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:30:56 GMT

@pippincp. Yes, quite right. I thought somebody would pull me up for that.

As I said, I’m trying to keep it non-technical for the OP. Does the OP even know what a cabinet is, let alone a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer? Not everyone is as knowledgeable as us and there’s something to be said for not blinding people with science.