Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Tuesday, 31 December 2019 01:25:32 GMT Dale wrote: > >> I found out the name and such from the previous user. I couldn't see the >> password tho. Anyway, it seems this is locked to Frontier ISP. I put in >> the right user name/password and it wouldn't connect. It tried but no joy. >> >> Before I bought this, it was claimed that this should work with AT&T but >> unless I got something wrong, it doesn't. Shame really, pretty nice >> modem. The screens give pretty nicely laid out info about things too. > I'm puzzled. Why should a DSL modem be tied to a particular ISP? The only > thing I can think of is that one uses PPPoA and the other PPPoE. But the > modem > should sort that out for itself when it connects upstream. >
I dunno for sure. I just know that some are Frontier and some are AT&T. I didn't notice the Frontier part, never heard of that ISP before, so I bought that version. Thing is, looking at the pics on ebay, the info on the bottom is a little different. For one, the AT&T versions have the IP address on it. The Frontier versions don't. I'm not sure but it seems the models are just a little different as well. That makes me think there is a hardware difference. Maybe they use a different frequency or something?? Either way, it doesn't work. Once I get the one labeled AT&T, I'll be able to know for sure. I'm 99.99% sure I have the right password. The one I have coming will verify that as well. If it works, right login/password which pretty much leads me to believe the Frontier won't work with AT&T. I'm hoping to get the router that was discussed in another thread shortly. Maybe then I'll be IPv6 ready. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
