Wireless Router

[blackJTD]

Hi

I own a wireless adsl modem/router.

Does anyonw know how it knows how to connect to various ISP's just from a username/password... been baffling me for a while so thought there must be someone on here who might know!!

cheers

 

[custard]

you would need a account holder password/username wouldnt you?i assume its not like dial up as oyu cant be charged per min like a call

 

[x Alex x]

well because your address will be @wannadoo.co.uk for example which is the ISP and your chosen username before that, obviously there wont be more than 1 of the same address

 

[Hellcat]

I think the ADSL ISP is dependent on the network, you can't just swap from one to another.

 

[jenks69]

It's all determined at the DSLAM at your local exchange. Anyone with ADSL enabled on their line can connect to bt_test@startup_domain, but say your with pipex - you'd only ever be able to connect to pipex with a pipex username and passowrd, if you used say demon details it would just username / pass error.

 

[Liam]

There is the slight issue with WEP keys to even get to the passwordy bit too.

Liam

 

[blackJTD]

It's all determined at the DSLAM at your local exchange. Anyone with ADSL enabled on their line can connect to bt_test@startup_domain, but say your with pipex - you'd only ever be able to connect to pipex with a pipex username and passowrd, if you used say demon details it would just username / pass error.

thanks very much that sorta clears it up! whats DSLAM?? how does the filtering on the exchange work then? does BT allow ISP's access to certain phone numbers to apply this?

 

[jenks69]

The DSLAM is basically an authentication device, it's software based and will only forward traffic along the ATM back bone of the BT network to the correct ISP's home gateway.

For ADSL to work, two cables are soldered from the line card to the DSLAM then the DSLAM decides where to send the data going by the later part of the login username.

There's some really good information on www.adslguide.org - very accurate and very up to date - also puts it accross with pictures better than I can do on here with text.


( look the for how it works link on the top left )

 

[shaunmurray]

hi

ENTER 192.168.2.1 that will bring your routers details up if its working or not

cheers shaun