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Information Regarding Popular ISPs

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