Thanks Joker,
my guess was also that it is something with the ISP.
By the way I think that "(E-Mail Removed)" is
used here in Israel for ADSL, but for me with cables, I
think that the domain name should be placed indeed in
the "Service Name" field.
Thanks again, I will keep going from here...
>-----Original Message-----
>Well since you are in neither the USA or Canada the MN-
700 & all of the
>Microsoft networking hardware is not supported. You
need to play around
>with the service name. In most cases it is your
ISP.something.
>
>The reason the service name is optional is because
sometimes ISP's don't
>require it & because you can enter
(E-Mail Removed)ever in the
>username field instead.
>
>Shay wrote:
>> I'm located in Israel, and I wasn't thinking you could
>> help me with my ISP (this is why I didn't mention my
ISP
>> details). However I do want to know what is generally
>> the "Service Name" field purpose in PPPoE protocol.
>>
>> My ISP gave me all the details I need to connect him
as
>> following:
>> 1. username
>> 2. password
>> 3. a. L2TP server name (and also its IP)
>> 3. b. PPTP server name (and also its IP)
>> 4. Primary and Secondary DNS IPs addresses (although
they
>> told me that it should be working also automatically).
>>
>> They also told me that I can use either L2TP or PPTP
>> severs to connect.
>>
>> Before I bought the MN-700 router I read its spec, and
I
>> saw it should support those tunneling protocols.
>> I was also connected with this router to a different
ISP
>> before in "Dynamic" WAN connection and it worked very
>> well then.
>> Is that a tunneling protocol issue?
>> Is there a way to connect with PPPoE without
specifying
>> the server name you connect to? I mean how come
>> the "Service Name" field is optional?
>> Do you think that "clone" MAC address will solve the
>> problem here?
>> What do you think should be the "Idle Time" value?
>>
>> Sorry for all those questions, and I will be grateful
for
>> any piece of information you can give me.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Shay.
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Well since I have no idea who your ISP is I can't help
>>
>> you. If you
>>
>>>would be kind enough to post that we can help you then.
>>>
>>>Who is your ISP?
>>>
>>>Also are you using cable (only Canada uses PPPoE for
>>
>> that), DSL, or
>>
>>>something else?
>>>
>>>Shay wrote:
>>>
>>>>Recently I moved to a new ISP that connect its users
>>>>using either PPTP or L2TP protocols. The ISP has
>>
>> provided
>>
>>>>me a username and password and both tunneling
>>
>> protocols
>>
>>>>server name (one for PPTP and the other for L2TP).
>>>>I understand that I have to choose the PPPoE method
to
>>>>connect to the ISP with the possibilities I have got
>>
>> in
>>
>>>>the MN-700 base station (and the ISP told me that
they
>>>>are supporting PPPoE).
>>>>I have inserted the username and password in their
>>>>appropriate fields and I guessed that the "Service
>>
>> Name"
>>
>>>>field (which is optional???) is the place to put my
>>
>> ISP
>>
>>>>server name.
>>>>Unfortunately, it didn't work. I couldn't find any
>>
>> other
>>
>>>>place to put the ISP server name. By the way it
didn't
>>>>work both for PPTP and L2TP server names I have tried.
>>>>
>>>>What am I missing here?
>>>>Is anyone know how to make the first connection?
>>>>Help please...
>>>>
>>>>P.S. When I'm using the dial-up software to connect
>>>>directly from my computer to the cables modem
(without
>>>>the router) connection established right away.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>
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