Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dave Plowman (News)" Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Moving ISP Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:16:44 +0100 Organization: None Lines: 38 Message-ID: <52ca6478dfdave@davenoise.co.uk> References: <52c95573badave@davenoise.co.uk> <52ca5edc29dave@davenoise.co.uk> <0c8c63ca52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: klXLk/gbtOhmgFdzW/CUHQ.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.04e (RISC-OS/4.39) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:6345 In article <0c8c63ca52.Brian@bhowlett.plus.net>, Brian Howlett wrote: > > All I really wanted was to know any gotchas when setting it up with the > > Acorn side. > There may be a simpler answer, depending on whether your existing > router is locked down to TalkTalk or not. No. It's a wireless Billion bought from CJE, IIRC. Can be accessed using Fresco. > If it isn't, once your BT service goes live you just need to log in to > your existing router and change the broadband username/password to > something along the lines of firstname.lastname@btbroadband.com for > the username, and Any0ldRubb1sh for the password. No other > configuration changes should be necessary, unless any of the settings > that follow are different... > VPI - 0 > VCI - 38 > Encapsulation - PPPoA (PPP over ATM) > Multiplexing - VC-Mux or VC Based > Assuming this works, your existing network settings will do just fine, > TYVM. > Only gotcha is that if you need tech support, they will probably ask > you to connect up the BT Home Hub, so don't flog it on any well-known > auction sites... I was hoping the home hub, being several years newer, might have a better performance? Are you saying it can't be set to what I want? And can my existing router work with fibre? (I've not seen how it's done) -- *A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.