SWEEX MO300 - QUICK_START_GUIDE User manual
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Wireless ADSL 2/2+ modem/router 300 Mbps Annex A
Introduction
Important! The Setup Wizard is located on the Sweex CD-ROM. This installation procedure will
show you step by step how to setup the router.
• DonotexposetheSweexWirelessADSL2/2+Modem/Router54MbpsAnnexAtoextremetemperatures.Donot
placethedeviceindirectsunlightorinthedirectvicinityofheatingelements.
• DonotusetheSweexWirelessADSL2/2+Modem/Router54MbpsAnnexAinextremelydustyormoistsurroundings.
• Protectthedeviceagainstpowerfulshocksorjolts–theymaydamagetheinternalelectronics.
• Neverattempttoopenthedeviceyourself–itwillcausethewarrantytolapse.
Front or top view of the modem
LEDIndicators Status Indication
PWR On Indicatesthatthemodemison
1-4 On Indicatesthatacomputerisconnectedtothecorrespondingport
1-4 Blinking Indicatesthatthereisactivitybetweenthecorrespondingcomputerandthemodem
WLAN On Indicatesthatthewirelessconnectionoftherouterisactivated
ADSL On ThereisagoodconnectionwiththeADSLline
ADSL Regular
blinking
ThemodemisbusyestablishingagoodconnectionorthereisnoADSLline
connectedtotheRJ-11port
WPS ADSL
WLAN
PWR
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Rear view of the modem
Fromlefttorightontherearsideofthemodemtherearethefollowingconnections:
• AntennaconnectortypeRP-SMA
• Resetbutton.Pressthisbuttonfor2to3secondstorestartand10secondstorestoredefaultsettings.
• Powerporttoconnectthepoweradaptor.
• WPSbutton.Pressthisbuttonfor2secondstoactivateWPS.WPScomputerhas2minutestoestablishaconnection.
• AntennaconnectortypeRP-SMA.
• UTPEthernetports1,2,3and4toconnectcomputerswithanethernetnetworkingcableRJ-45.
• ADSLporttoconnecttheADSLlinewiththephonecableRJ-11.
• AntennaconnectortypeRP-SMA.
The splitter
InordertoseparatetheADSLsignalfromthenormaltelephonesignal,youneedtouseasplitter.Thisenablesyouto
simultaneouslymakecallsandsurftheInternetusingthesametelephoneline.Thesignalcomesfromthewallsocketor
themetercupboardandentersthesplitter.Twotelephonecablesareconnectedtotheoutputofthesplitter.Oneleadsto
themodemandtheothertothetelephone.
Note! The ADSL modem does not include a splitter. It can be obtained from various DIY stores.
Connecting the Sweex ADSL 2 Modem
1.Connectthepoweradaptor(included)totherearofthemodemandthemainssocket.TheLEDunderPWRislit.In
theeventtheLEDisnotlit,checktheconnectionsofthepoweradaptortotheADSLmodemandthemainssocket.
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2.Connectthetelephonecable(RJ-11)carryingtheADSLsignaltotheADSLportattherearofthemodem.TheLED
underADSLwillnowstarttoblink.Afterapproximately30secondstheLEDwillbelitcontinuously.Intheeventthe
LEDisnotlit,checkwhetherthesplitterisproperlyconnectedand/orwhethertheADSLlineisok.
3.Switchonthecomputerandconnectittotherearofthemodemusinganetworkcable(UTPRJ-45).Youcanselect
anyoftheports1,2,3and4.ThecorrespondingLEDatthefrontofthemodemwillbelit.IntheeventtheLED
failstolightup,checkwhetherthenetworkcableisproperlyconnectedtothecomputerandthemodem.
Configuring the computer to connect to the modem
Windows Vista
Inthebottomleftofyourscreen,goto“Start”(Start)‡“ControlPanel”(ControlPanel).
Clickon“Viewnetworkstatusandtasks”(Viewnetworkstatusandtasks).
Leftinthecolumn,clickon“Managenetworkconnections”(Managenetworkconnections).
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Right-click“LANConnection”(LANConnection)or“WirelessNetworkconnection”(WirelessNetworkconnection)and
select“Properties”(Properties).Thefollowingscreenappears:
Nowselect“InternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)”andclick“Properties”(Properties).
Selecttheoptions“ObtainanIPaddressautomatically”(ObtainanIPaddressautomatically)and“ObtainDNSserver
addressautomatically”(ObtainDNSserveraddressautomatically).
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Confirmthesettingsbyclicking“OK”.ThenetworksettingshavenowbeenconfiguredcorrectlyforVista.Thecorrect
settingsfortheInternetbrowserwillbediscussedlaterinthismanual.
Windows XP
Goto“Start”(Start)‡“ControlPanel”(ControlPanel).Thengoto“NetworkandInternetConnections”(Network
andInternetConnections).Open“NetworkConnections”(NetworkConnections).
Or,iftheWindowsclassicstyleisused:
“Start”(Start)‡Settings‡“NetworkConnections”(NetworkConnections).
Right-click“LANConnection”(LANConnection)or“WirelessNetworkconnection”(WirelessNetworkconnection)and
select“Properties”(Properties).Thefollowingscreenappears:
Underthetab“General(General)selectTCP/IPandclick“Properties”(Properties).
Selecttheoptions“ObtainanIPaddressautomatically“(ObtainanIPaddressautomatically)and“ObtainDNSserver
addressautomatically”(ObtainDNSserveraddressautomatically).
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Confirmthesettingsbyclicking“OK”(OK).ThenetworksettingsforWindowsXPhavenowbeenconfiguredcorrectly.
ThecorrectsettingsfortheInternetbrowserwillbediscussedlaterinthismanual.
Internet browser settings for Windows 98SE, 2000 and XP
1. Inordertoproperlyaccessthemodem,thebrowsersettingsmustbecorrect.Thisiseasytocheckbystartingup
InternetExplorerandselecting“Tools”(Tools)fromthemenubarandthenselectingtheoption“InternetOptions”
(InternetOptions).
2. Inthiswindow,goto“Connections”(Connections)andselect“Neverdialaconnection”(Neverdialaconnection)or
removeallconnectionslistedinthefieldabove.
3.Atthebottom,click“LANSettings”(LANSettings),removeallticksandclick“OK”(OK).
4.Restartthecomputer.
Setting the wireless network
How does it work?
Inordertocreateawirelessnetwork,youneedawirelessrouter,wirelessmodemorWiFiaccesspoint.Thewireless
router,modemoraccesspointtransmitsthewirelessnetwork.Thenameofthisnetwork,alsoreferredtoasSSID,
dependsonyourwirelessrouter,modemoraccesspointandoftendifferspermodelorbrand.Youcanoftendetermine
thenameyourselfandthusrecogniseyourownwirelessnetwork.
Protection
Youcouldcompareawirelessnetworktoradiosignals.However,therangeofawirelessnetworkathomeisnotasbig.
Yourhomewirelessnetworkoftenhasarangeof20to30metres.Thismeansthatneighboursandpassers-bytoocan
makeuseofyournetwork.AsaresulttheycangetawaywithsurfingonyourInternetconnection,andtheymaygain
accesstoyoursharedfoldersandfilesonyournetwork.Thatiswhyitisoftenrecommendedtosecureyourwireless
network.Thisprotectionissetuponthedevicetransmittingthenetwork.Inmostcasesthatisthewirelessrouter,
modemoraccesspoint.ByaddingaWEPorWPAprotectioncode,yousecurethenetwork.Thiscodeisalsoreferredto
asthenetworkkey.Enterthiscodeoneachcomputerthatwantstoconnecttothatsecurednetwork.Youcanonlybe
partofthatnetworkifyouenterthiscode.Ifyoudidnotenterthenetworkkeyintotherouterormodemyourself,ask
theinstaller,manufacturer,supplierorproviderforthiscode.
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Connecting the computer to the wireless network
Inthebottomleftofyourscreen,goto“Start(Start)‡“ControlPanel”(ControlPanel).
Thengoto”NetworkandInternetConnections”(NetworkandInternetConnections).Open“NetworkConnections”
(NetworkConnections).
Or,iftheWindowsclassicstyleisused:
“Start”(Start)‡“Settings”(Settings)‡“NetworkConnections”(NetworkConnections).
Right-click“LANConnection”(LANConnection)or“WirelessNetworkconnection”(WirelessNetworkconnection)and
select“ViewAvailableWirelessNetworks”(ViewAvailableWirelessNetworks).
Alwaysclick“Refreshnetworklist”(Refreshnetworklist)topleftinthiswindowfirst,toobtainthemostrecentlisting.
Selectthename(alsoreferredtoasSSID)“SweexMO300”byclickingitonce.Nowclick“Connect(Connect).Ifit
hassuccessfullyconnectedtothewirelessnetwork,thenotification“Connected”(Connected)appearsafteracoupleof
seconds.Younowhaveanactivewirelessnetwork.
Ifyoureceiveanotificationsayingthewirelessconnectioncannotbeconfiguredbecauseitismanagedbyanother
programme,disablethatsoftwareandstartagain.
Werecommendsecuringthewirelesspartofthemodem.Howtodothisisdescribedfurtherdowninthismanual.
Oncesecured,thenetworkwillshowas“SweexMO300”withamessagebelowdetailing“Security-enabledwireless
network”(Security-enabledwirelessnetwork).Whenconnectingtothissecurednetworkyouwillbepromptedforthe
“Networkkey”(Networkkey).Ifthenetworkkeyyouhaveenteredisincorrect,anotificationsaying"Limitedorno
networkconnection"appearsafteracoupleofseconds.Yourwirelessconnectionisnotsatisfactory.Re-connecttothe
wirelessnetworkandcheckthenetworkkey.
Ifyouchangesomethinginthewirelesssettingsofthemodemcausingyoutolosethewirelessconnection,then
completethesestepsagain.
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Modem access (Login)
Openyourwebbrowser.Inthisexampleweuse‘InternetExplorer’.
ThestandardmodemIPaddressis:192.168.251.1.AnIPaddressisauniquenumberrequiredbyeachnetworkdevice,
includingacomputerormodem,inordertobeactivewithinthatnetwork.WithoutanIPaddressyouareunableto
makeconnectionswithinanetwork.
TypethemodemIPaddress192.168.251.1inthebrowseraddressbar.Youcannowaccessthemodem.
Themodemloginscreenappears.Fillouttheloginnameandthecorrespondingpassword.Thestandardloginis
“sweex”andthecorrespondingpasswordis“mysweex”.
Ifthisloginscreenfailstoappear,recheckthesettingsofyourInternetbrowserasdescribedabove.AlsochecktheIP
addressofyourcomputer.InthisIPaddress,onlythedigitsafterthelastdotmaydeviatefromtheIPaddressofthe
modem(e.g.:192.168.251.xxx).
Do this as follows:
Win2000/WinXP:Click“Start”(Start)–“Run”(Run)–Typecmd–pressENTER–Intheblackwindowtypeipconfig
–pressENTERandyourIPaddressisdisplayed.
Onceloggedin,themainscreenofthemodemappears.
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ThisscreendisplaysthecurrentInternetconnectionandavarietyofsysteminformation.
Setting the Internet Provider (ISP)
Important! The Setup Wizard is located on the Sweex CD-ROM. This installation procedure will
show you step by step how to setup the router.
Intheeventthatyourproviderhasnotbeenlisted,youcanenteralternativesettingsviathe“Config”option.Inordertoobtain
thesealternativesettings,contactyourInternetprovider.Inordertostorethesettingsclick“Apply”andthen“SaveAll”.
Thesesettingonlyhavetobeconfiguredonceintherouter.Thismeansthatnomatterhowmanycomputersyou
connecttotherouter,thefollowingsettingsonlyhavetobedoneononecomputer.Thisisbecausethesettingsarenot
storedonthecomputerbutontherouter.
Tothisend,gotothe“InternetConnectionWIzard”.Thefollowingscreenappears:
Click“StartWizard”.
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Click“Next”.
Enteranewpasswordorusethedefaultpassword“mysweex”.
Click“Next”.
Choosethecorrectregionorleaveitonthedefaultsetting.
Click“Next”.
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Selectthecorrectconnection.Consultthelistwithprovidersettings(seeunderneaththismanual)orcontact
yourinternetprovider.
Click“Next”.
Ifneeded,entertheusernameandpasswordyouhavereceivedfromyourprovider.Enter“VPI”,“VCI”and“Connection
Type”.Consultthelistwithprovidersettings(seeunderneath)orcontactyourinternetprovider.
Click“Next”.
Click“Next”.
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Click“Close”.
Tocheckiftherightsettingshavebeenenteredforyourproviderclick“Status”.
“Status:Connected”indicatesthatasuccessfulconnectionhasbeenestablishedwithyourprovider.Youcannowaccess
internet.
Wireless settings and security
Wealwaysrecommendsettingthemodemwithacomputerphysicallyconnectedwiththemodembymeansofacable.
Thisisbecauseyouwilllosethewirelessconnectionwiththemodemwhilestoringthesesettings.
Inthemainmenuclick“Advanced”andthen“Wireless”.
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At“AccessPoint”youcanactivateordeactivatethewirelessnetwork.
ThestandardSSIDis“Sweex_MO300”.At“SSID”youhavethepossibilitytochangethis.Werecommendthatyou
neverchangethis,thiswayyoucanalwaysrecognizethemodem.
Securing the wireless network
SecuringthewirelessnetworkintheSweexWirelessBroadbandRouter300Mbpscanbedoneintwoways.Thetrusted
manualway(WEP,WPAandWPA2),whereyoudetermineandenteryourownnetworkkey,orwiththeWPS(WiFi
ProtectedSetup)function,wheretherouterandthecomputer“agree“onanetworkkeyanduseitautomaticallywith
onepushofabuttontosecurethenetwork.
Itisnotpossibletousebothwaysatthesametime.Therefore,ifyouhavecomputersthatdonotsupportWPSwe
recommendyouusetheWPAorWPA2security.
WPS (WiFi Protected Setup)
SecuringanetworkfastandeasyisdonewithWPS.Thisfunctiononlyworkswithcomputersthatuseawirelesscardor
USBdonglethatsupportsWPS.
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1. BypressingtheWPSbuttonontherearsideoftherouterfor2secondsyoucanactivatetheWPSfunction.Thelight
willstarttoblink.
2. AwirelesscomputerthatsupportsWPScannowscanfortherouterandusetheautomaticallygeneratednetwork
key;thenetworkissecured.
Forfuturecomputersyouwanttoaddtothenetwork,followthesameprocedure.YoucanalsoreadaPINcodefrom
therouterandenteritinthecomputersthe“old”way.
WPA and WPA2 security
Byscrollingdowninthe”Wireless”windowyoucansecurethewirelessnetwork.
ToactivateWPAsecurity,followthesesteps:
1. At“AuthenticationType”selecttheoption“WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK”
2. At“Pre-SharedKey”enterthenetworkkey.Youcanmakethisupyourselfanditcanbeanumbercombination
orapassword.
3. Press“Save”atthebottomofthepagetosavethesettings.
Themodemisnowsecured.Reconnectyourwirelesscomputer.
Opening ports in the modem (Port Forwarding and DMZ)
WeadviseyoutouseafixedIPaddressforthecomputersorconsolesthatyouopenportsfor.Sothatthesecomputers
alwayshavethesameIP-addresssimilartotheaddresstheyhaveintherouter.Itcanoccurthattheroutergivesadifferent
IP-addresstothecomputermakingtheforwardingorDMZassignmentinvalidforthatcomputer.
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How do you give a computer a fixed IP-address
ThisisonlynecessaryforcomputersyouwanttoopenaportforusingtheForwardingorDMZfunction.Followthe
stepsinthechapter“Configurationcomputertoconnecttotherouter”.Insteadofselecting”ObtainanIPaddress
automatically”selectUsethefollowingIPaddress”.
InourexampletheIP-addressbeginswith(192.168.203.xxx).Aslastnumberenteranumberthatisunique
inyournetwork.Weadviceyoutochooseanumberbetween150and200.SoapossibleIP-addresscouldbe
(192.168.203.150).Thefollowingcomputerhas(192.168.203.151)etc.
As“Subnetmask”enter:255.255.255.0
Atboth“Defaultgateway”and“PreferredDNS-server”youentertheIP-addressyouusetologintotherouter.Inour
example:192.168.203.1
At“Alternative-DNS-server”youdonothavetoenteranything.
Click“OK”twicetosavethesettingsandclosethewindow.
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Inthismodemthebuild-infirewallcannotbeactivated.However,itispossibletoopenportsforprogramsandgamesthat
requirethis.Bygoingto“AdvancedSetup”->“Firewall”youcanchangetheportsettings.
Leavethe“Firewall”optionsetto“Disabled”.Select“Enable”ifyouwanttoprotectthemodemagainst“Synflooding”,
“Pingofdeath”,“Teardrop”and“Landattack”.
Click“NAT”.
Thereafterclick“VirtualServer”
TheSweexADSL2Modemhasapreprogrammedlistwithcommonprogramsandgames.
1. At“RuleIndex”chooseanumberthathasnotyetbeenusedtomakeanewentry.
2. At“Application”selecttheprogramorthegameinthelist.
3. At“LocalIPAddress”entertheIP-addressofthecomputerofwhichtheporthastobeopened.
4. Click“Save”atthebottomofthepagetoactivatethesettings.
Iftheprogramorgameisnotinthelistyoucanalsomanuallyopenports.
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1. At“RuleIndex”chooseanumberthathasnotyetbeenusedtomakeanewentry.
2. At“Name”enteramadeupname.
3. At“StartPortNumber”and“EndPortNumber”entertherespectiveportnumbers.Ifyouonlywanttoopenone
port,enterittwice.
4. At“LocalIPAddress”entertheIP-addressofthecomputerofwhichtheporthastobeopened.
5. Click“Save”atthebottomofthepagetoactivatethesettings.
Insomesituations,orwhenusingagameconsole,youcanchoosetoletthecomputerorgameconsolepassthefirewall
entirely.Thishappensinthesocalled“demilitarizedzone”(“DMZ”).Thisoptionislocatedinthemainscreenoftheport
settings“PortForwarding”under“Advanced”.Beawarethatnowyoumissthesecuritythefirewalloftherouterhasto
offer.AllportsareopenedforthecomputerthatyouplaceintheDMZ.OnlyonecomputercanbeplacedintheDMZ.
Click“DMZ”.
1. ClickDMZ
2. Selecttheoption“Enabled”.
3. At“DMZHostIPAddress”entertheIP-addressofthecomputerforwhichtheportshavetobeopened.
4. Click“Save”.
Upgrading the modem firmware
Toupdatethemodemthesocalled‘firmware’hastobeupdated.Thiscanbedonebygoingto“SystemTools”inthe
menuandthen“firmware”.
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Herethefirmwareofthemodemcanbeupdated.NewfirmwarecanbedownloadedfromtheSweexwebsiteunderthe
“Serviceandsupport”tab.WhenthefirmwarefileisaZIP-file,ensureyouunzipitandplaceitwhereyoucaneasily
finditagainonyourcomputer.
Thereafterclick“Browse”andselecttheunzippedfirmwarefile.Inmanycasesthenameofthefilewillendwith
“…firmware.ras”.
Tostartthefirmwareupdateclick“Upgrade”.
Donotinterruptthisprocedure.Themodemcanbedamagedbythis.Waitfortheupgradetobefinished.
Resetting the modem to the factory settings
ResettingtheSweexADSL2modemtothefactorysettingscanbedoneintwoways.
Important! Afterwards all settings that are required for your connection and network have to
be reconfigured.
Aftertheresetthemodemwillrestart.Duringtherestartthefactorysettingswillberestoredandthecomputerwill
loseitsconnectiontothemodemforapproximately30seconds.Afterthatthemodemisapproachablebythedefault
IP-address(192.168.203.1).
Way1:Atthebackofthemodemthereisaresetbutton.Useasmallitemtopressthebutton.
Holdthebuttonfor10seconds.
Way2:Inthemenuofthemodemgoto“SystemTools”.Click“Sysrestart”.
Choose“FactoryDefaultSettings”and“Restart”toconfirm.
AdditionaltipsandfurtherinformationabouttheremainingfunctionsofthemodemcanbefoundintheadvancedEnglish
manualontheCD-ROM.
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List of Internet Providers and corresponding contracts.
Country InternetServiceProvider(ISP) ConnectionType VPI VCI Encapsulation
Argentina ArgentinaTelecom 0 33 1483BridgedIPLLC
Austria AON 8 48 PPPoAVC-Mux
Australia CountryWide 8 35 PPPoELLC
Belgium Belgacom 8 35 PPPoAVC-Mux
FullADSL 8 35 PPPoAVC-Mux
Scarlet 8 35 PPPoELLC
Skynet 8 35 PPPoELLC
Signpost 8 35 PPPoELLC
VersatelPPP 8 35 PPPoAVC-Mux
Czech CeskyTelecomPPPoE 8 48 PPPoELLCSNAP
CeskyTelecomPPPoA 8 48 PPPoAVCMUX
Denmark Cybercity 035 PPPoAVC-Mux
CybercityBitstream 0 101 PPPoAVC-Mux
Tiscali 035 PPPoAVC-Mux
Egypt MenaTel 8 35 PPPoEVC-Mux
TEData 035 PPPoEVC-Mux
EGYNET 8 35 PPPoEVC-Mux
Finland Countryside(Bridged) 0 33 1483BridgedIPLLC
Countryside(PPPOA) 0 33 PPPoAVC-Mux
Helsinki 0 100 1483BridgedIPLLC
France FranceTelecom 8 35 PPPoELLC
Germany AOL 1 32 PPPoELLC
ARCOR 8 35 PPPoELLC
DeutscheTelecom 1 32 PPPoELLC
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Country InternetServiceProvider(ISP) ConnectionType VPI VCI Encapsulation
DTAG 1 32 PPPoELLC
Tiscali 1 32 PPPoELLC
T-Online 1 32 PPPoELLC
Greece OTENET 8 35 PPPoELLC
ALTEC 8 35 PPPoELLC
FORTHnet 8 35 PPPoELLC
HOL 8 35 PPPoELLC
TELLAS 8 35 PPPoELLC
Hungary MatavTelecom 1 32 PPPoELLC
Iceland IcelandTelecom 8 48 PPPoELLC
1Islandssimi1 8 48 PPPoAVC-Mux
2Islandssimi2 035 PPPoAVC-Mux
Indonesia TELKOM1 1 33 PPPoAVC-Mux
TELKOM2 8 35 PPPoELLC
TELKOM3 035 PPPoAVC-Mux
TELKOM4 035 PPPoELLC
Israel Israel 8 48 PPPoAVC-Mux
Italy Alice(T.I.) 8 35 PPPoAVC-Mux
Libero(Wind) 8 35 PPPoAVC-Mux
MCLink 8 75 PPPoAVC-Mux
Tiscali(Italy) 8 35 PPPoAVC-Mux
Luxembourg OnlineANALOGUE 8 35 PPPoAVC-Mux
OnlineISDN 8 35 PPPoELLC
Malaysia Streamyx 035 PPPoELLC
Netherlands ADSLKPN PPPoE/PPPoA 8 48 PPPoAVC-Mux
BabyXL DynamicIPAddress 034 1483BridgedIPLLC
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