Hi there,
This is puzzling the hell out of me.
One of our offices has recently had a new Internet connection installed (ADSL from BT in the UK). We asked for a static IP address solution.
I went over the to the office to setup the connection. The first thing I found was the range of addresses assigned to us. I selected one of these addresses and set about configuring the router(the router supplied with the adsl line. It has one ADSL connection and four ethernet ports) with a Static address. To cut a long story short this would not work and I called the supplier(BT) and asked how do I assign a static IP address to the router. “Stop!” he said. “Do not change the router configuration from PPPoA to static!”
“But how will the router have a static address”, I asked. He then explain what I should do to achieve this but under no circumstances should I change the router from PPPoA to Static. I did not push it any further but its now bugging me.
Could any of you explain this? Surely if the line is PPPoA it will get a different address every time the router is reset(no matter what I do).
Many thanks
p.s At this point the line has not come up as it has not been activated for ADSL at the local exchange.
