3com 3CRWE52196 User Guide

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Information 
Regarding Popular 
ISPs
WAN Types
Characteristics
Popular ISPs
Dynamic IP
(Clone MAC)
Cable modem ISP, non-hostname 
based. Need to clone the MAC 
address in the Advanced tab of 
the Internet Settings page.
MediaOne, RoadRunner, 
Optimum Online, Time Warner, 
Charter, Adelphia, Metrocast.
Dynamic IP
(Hostname)
Cable ISP, Requires Hostname to 
authenticate ie. cx213818-B. 
Need to enter the hostname in the 
Internet Settings page.
@Home Network, Cogoco, 
ComCast, Cox, Excite, Rogers, 
Shaw, Insight, Videotron
PPPoE
(DSL)
Usually special software installed 
on PC, MacPOET/WinPOET, 
EnterNet 300. The Gateway has 
this software built in and you can 
remove it from your PC. You will 
need to enter the user 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, Owest, SNet
PPTP
Cable or DSL, always on. Some 
European ISPs require a PPTP 
tunnel to authenticate their 
network.
KPN (Netherlands), Austria 
Telecom