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		jaywalk on Nov 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My fiber optical modem broadcasts a poem via ether... Unless I'm missing something, it appears to be going out on the customer-side Ethernet. So there's really nothing to keep alive on that side.

toast0 on Nov 2, 2020 | [–]

A lot of residential modems are also providing networking for IPTV set top boxes. This could be a keep alive for them (even if this particular provider doesn't offer that service).

AnIdiotOnTheNet on Nov 2, 2020 | [–]

It's possible it dumps it out all interfaces.

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