Can Anyone Advise If AOL is a VPN rather than ...

..... an ISP

Certainly they use their own proprietary software which would indicate this
but I need conclusive proof

Many thanks in advance

Richard

Tricky Dicky wrote:
> .... an ISP
>
> Certainly they use their own proprietary software which would indicate this
> but I need conclusive proof
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Richard
>
>
AOL is a proprietory system but they also have their own internet
gateways and are a real ISP from then on. In fact they own big chunks of
the worldwide internet infrastructure.

"Darren Grant" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tricky Dicky wrote:
> > .... an ISP
> >
> > Certainly they use their own proprietary software which would indicate
this
> > but I need conclusive proof
> >
> > Many thanks in advance
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> AOL is a proprietory system but they also have their own internet
> gateways and are a real ISP from then on. In fact they own big chunks of
> the worldwide internet infrastructure.

Thanks for that. Would you happen to know if they use NAT (network address
translation)?

I am trying to set up a VPN on AOL Broadband and am told if this is the case
then it's a no-no

Tricky

Tricky Dicky wrote:
> Thanks for that. Would you happen to know if they use NAT (network address
> translation)?
>
> I am trying to set up a VPN on AOL Broadband and am told if this is the case
> then it's a no-no
>
> Tricky
>
>

I don't think they do but they do run content filters on port 80. To get
any sort of VPN to work over AOl you will need to set the PC's MTU to 1400

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:01:17 +0000, Darren Grant
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>AOL is a proprietory system but they also have their own internet
>gateways and are a real ISP from then on. In fact they own big chunks of
>the worldwide internet infrastructure.

I don't know about that, I know uu.net/worldcom provided all their
network infrastructure a couple of years ago.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:01:17 +0000, Darren Grant
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >AOL is a proprietory system but they also have their own internet
> >gateways and are a real ISP from then on. In fact they own big chunks of
> >the worldwide internet infrastructure.
>
> I don't know about that, I know uu.net/worldcom provided all their
> network infrastructure a couple of years ago.

Many thanks to all the replied - I now have more information for my pursuit
of this issue

Tricky