Re: Estimating number of users with number of IPs

Err...if they are doing static addressing (which is probably easier to deal with
in the long run..chasing hackers, locating spammers, and so on) then X is one.

If they're doing dynamic assignment, then X is any real number >0 and less than
infinity.

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Hyunchul Kim wrote:

> Greetings!!
> i'd like to ask a question about the relationship between
> the number of users and IPs.
>
> are there any reasonable methods or well-known numerical formula for
> estimating number of effective users when we're given the number of IP clients
> using our cache?
>
> maybe it could be calculated as .... (IPs * X), i think.
> does anybody know the reasonable value of X or other formula, if any?
>
> thanx in advance.
>
> sincerely,
> hyunchul kim
>
> - hckim@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr

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