On 06Oct2018 10:30, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 10/6/18 8:38 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
My monthly quota is 400GB. However, do I need to go all through the network? At the very least, should I not be able to go through the router and back without actually using the network?
They are on the same local network?
Yes, the data will not leave the local network and add to your quota.
To make double sure of that just use "ip addr show" on both systems. I'm guessing they'll
have addresses
such as "192.168.1.X".
What Ed said.
In case it isn't clear, your "quota" is presumably your monthly data quota with
you ISP. That applies _only_ to data sent/received via the ISP i.e. the network
_outside_ your home.
Your ISP never sees anything internal.
Your home network probably looks like this:
INTERNET--modem--switch--laptop
Often the switch is part of the modem rather than a distinct box, and often
there's wifi on the modem too.
Only traffic to/from the internet counts towards your quota.
So, keeping all the traffic on your internal network, we ignore the internet
and the modem:
switch--laptop
With both your laptops:
laptop--switch--laptop
or the "crossover cable" scenario:
laptop--laptop
In both these situations your laptops should be on the same IP network, and
traffic will remain local.
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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