[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 4/26/06 12:43 PM: > Earthlink DSL works like all other DSL, there are only a handful of "last > mile" providers, everyone else (including Earthlink) subleases from them. > > What does that mean? That means Earthlink had control over who was on > their dialup network and what IP addresses were used. But when it comes > to DSL, they have no real way of knowing who is using which IP addresses > (at least no easy way), so they won't IP Authenticate for DSL because too > many of the IPs will be shared among multiple ISPs.
Also recall that for Earthlink dialup connections (OS 9.1, using Remote Access's PPP), the login is not my_user_name ...but, instead is ELN/my_user_name ... where ELN stands for Earthlink Network. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roger S. Cohen, President, Cohen International [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rogercohen.com Voice: +1 (845) 358-8936 Fax: +1 (845) 358-8937 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
