3Com 3CR856-95 Network Router User Manual


 
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ISP INFORMATION
Information Regarding Popular ISPs
Internet
Connection
Types
Characteristics Popular ISPs
Dynamic IP
(Clone MAC)
Cable modem ISP,
non-hostname based. Need
to clone MAC in the DHCP
page of router.
MediaOne,
RoadRunner, Optimum
Online, Time Warner,
Charter and Adelphia,
Metrocast, RCN
Dynamic IP
(Hostname)
Cable ISP, Requires
Hostname to authenticate
i.e. cx213818-B. Need to
enter the hostname in the
DHCP page of the router,
exactly as it appears in your
documentation.
@Home Network,
Cogoco, ComCast,
Cox, Excite, Rogers,
Shaw, Insight,
Videotron
PPPoE
(DSL)
Usually special software
installed on PC,
MacPOET/WinPOET,
EnterNet 300. The
Cable/DSL Secure Gateway
has this software built in
and you can safely remove
it from your PC. You will
need to enter the account
name and password that
your ISP provided to you in
the PPPoE page of the
Gateway. Leave the service
name blank unless your ISP
requires it.
Bell*, Century Tel,
Citizens, Primus,
Prodigy, Snet, Sprint FC,
Verizon, First World,
Brightnet, Earthlink,
Ameritech, Covad,
Mindspring, Sympatico
DSL, USwest, Qwest,
SNet
Internet
Connection
Type s
Characteristics Popular ISPs
PPTP Cable or DSL, always on.
Some European ISPs require
a PPTP tunnel to
authenticate their network.
KPN (Netherlands),
Austria Telecom
Static
(DSL)
DSL Modem, always on.
Need to enter ALL IP
information from ISP in the
“Static IP” section of the
Gateway.
CableSpeed, Cnet,
Direct Link, Drizzle, DSL
Extreme, Earthlink
Wireless, Fast Point,
Flashcom,
GTE-WhirlWind,
Heavenet, HSA Corp,
I-55, InterAccess,
LinkLine, Mission,
Nauticom, NAS, Omitel,
Onterra, Phatpipe,
Rhythms, Speakeasy,
Sterling, XO, Zyan
Static
(Cable)
Cable Modem, Always on,
ISP assigns specific IP
information which needs to
be entered on the “Static
IP” page of the Gateway.
Cox Cable, Sprint, US
Cable, Cable-Cable
* Bell includes Bell Advantage, Bell Canada, Bell South, PacBell and
Southwestern Bell
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