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Dynamic IP | Cable modem ISP, | MediaOne, RoadRunner, | |
(Clone MAC) | based. Need to clone the MAC | Optimum Online, Time Warner, | |
address in the Advanced tab of | Charter, Adelphia, Metrocast. | ||
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Dynamic IP | Cable ISP, Requires Hostname to | @Home Network, Cogoco, | |
(Hostname) | authenticate ie. | ComCast, Cox, Excite, Rogers, | |
Need to enter the hostname in the | Shaw, Insight, Videotron | ||
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PPPoE | Usually special software installed | Bell*, Century Tel, Citizens, | |
(DSL) | on PC, MacPOET/WinPOET, | Primus, Prodigy, Snet, Sprint FC, | |
EnterNet 300. The Router has this | Verizon, First World, Brightnet, | ||
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| software built in and you can | Earthlink, Ameritech, Covad, | |
| remove it from your PC. You will | Mindspring, Sympatico DSL, | |
| need to enter the user name and | USwest, Owest, SNet | |
| password that your ISP provided |
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| to you in the PPPoE page of the |
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| Router. Leave the service name |
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PPTP | Cable or DSL, always on. Some | KPN (Netherlands), Austria | |
| European ISPs require a PPTP | Telecom | |
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