That won't necessarily prove anything. My mother was with UTV for a short time for broadband but is now back with eircom. (Read all about the saga here). Now that she's back with eircom the DSL light on the modem/router still lights up but the broadband does not work. The router says that some sort of low level DSL sync is working but at some higher layer connectivity is not established.Firstly get a loan of a modem and see if there is broadband on the line.
the DSL light on the modem/router still lights up but the broadband does not work.
Any idea what the generic eircom username/password is - purely out of curiosity...UTV use specific username and passwords whereas Eircom use a generic one. So if there is a light there and you have or hope or think you have Eircom broadband you should be able to browse to your hearts content.
Any idea what the generic eircom username/password is - purely out of curiosity...
I ordered broadband from Eircom on 9th Jan and the modem arrived yesterday. Broadband is now up and running.
While the part about the generic username and password is true, you are mistaken about them making use of the mac address of the nic in the way you suggest. Essentially the telephone line identifier is presented to authentication servers and the connection is set up.MOB! Again without going in to details about how i know, it works like this:
Eircom used to issue individual settings to customers i.e. username, password, ip address etc. But it was too much for them to reset passwords for every idiot that forgot which one of their 25 cats names they used as a password. So, they implemented a generic username and password. Every piece of computer hardware has a unique identifier hard coded into its software called a "MAC Address". What they do is pre-configure the Netopia boxes before sending them out and they allow that MAC Address to pass through their firewall. Only then will the router receive its automatic settings. If the morons on support had access to this system you could simply purchase any router, quote the MAC Address to the support Guy and they could allow you through the firewall and away you go, but again unfortunatley it is too much hassle for Eircom.
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