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    ADSL W ir eless Router AR-6024WG User ’ s Manual[...]

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    T able of Content s Specification ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Package Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 General Setting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 OnePa[...]

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    UI Preferences ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 Update Gateway -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 User Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60 System Commands -----------------------------------------------------[...]

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    Specification ADSL Wireless-g Broadband Router Features  ADSL S tandards DMT modulat ion and demodulation T one detection for low power mode ITU 992.1 (G .dmt) Annex A, B, C ITU 992.2 (G .lite) ITU 992.3 AD SL2 (G .dmt.bis) ITU 992.4 AD SL2 (G .lite.bis) ITU 992.5 AD SL2+ ANSI T1.413 Issue 2 Dying Gasp (Optional)  Full-rate adaptive modem Max[...]

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    S t atic routin g DHCP Serve r and Clie nt NAPT (Network Address and Port T ranslation) NA T (Network Address T r anslation) ICMP (Intern et Control M essage Protocol) Simultaneous USB and Ethernet op eration IGMP (Intern et Grou p Management Protocol)  802.1 1g Wireless Access Point 54Mbps Access Point f or wireless conne ctivity Interoperable [...]

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    Power: Input: 90~120V or 200~24 0V , 50/60Hz Output: 7.5VDC/1.5A OS: Windows 98SE/ 2000/ ME/ XP System Requirement: PII-266 + 32M RA M LED Indication: PWR, ADSL LINK, WLA N, LAN Software Upg rade: Upg rad e by Ethernet Port  Certification FCC Part 15, CE, 5[...]

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    ADSL Wireless Router 4 Port s LAN Features  ADSL S tandards DMT modulat ion and demodulation T one detection for low power mode ITU 992.1 (G .dmt) Annex A, B, C ITU 992.2 (G .lite) ITU 992.3 AD SL2 (G .dmt.bis) ITU 992.4 AD SL2 (G .lite.bis) ITU 992.5 AD SL2+ ANSI T1.413 Issue 2 Dying Gasp (Optional)  Full-rate adaptive modem Maximum downstre[...]

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    NAPT (Network Address and Port T ranslation) NA T (Network Address T r anslation) ICMP (Intern et Control M essage Protocol) Simultaneous USB and Ethernet op eration IGMP (Intern et Grou p Management Protocol)  802.1 1g Wireless Access Point 54Mbps Access Point f or wireless conne ctivity Interoperable with IEEE 802.1 1g (PBCC & OFDM Modulat[...]

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    Specification  Hardware Line Connection: RJ-1 1 (2 wires) RJ-45 (4 port) Co nnection Power: Input: 90~120V or 200~24 0V , 50/60Hz Output: 7.5VDC/1.5A OS: WIN 98SE ; WIN 2000 ； WIN ME ； WIN XP System Requirement: PII-266 + 32M RA M LED Indication: PWR, ADS L LINK, WLAN, LAN 1~4 Software Upg rade: Upg rad e by Ethernet Port  Certification F[...]

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    Package Content s  ADSL Wireless Router  CD-ROM containing Manual  Ethernet Cable (CA T .5 UTP S traight-Through)  ADSL Cable (S tandard telephone cable)  Power Adapter  Quick Installation Guide 9[...]

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    4 Port ADSL Wireless Route r Factory Reset button RJ-1 1 A DSL port connect ADSL cable here S plitter (optional and changes depending o n country specification) Power Adapter Power cord connect here RJ-45 Ethernet port connect Ethernet cable here 10[...]

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    4 Port ADSL Wireless Router Label Meaning S tatus Indicates Power Power On Power is on Off Power is off WLAN Wireless LAN Flashing Check wireless device. LAN 1/ LAN 2/ LAN 3/ LAN 4 LAN Link Flashing Flashes when data is being sent or received on the LAN connection. On Indicates a link to your LAN or Network card is active. Off Indicates no link to [...]

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    General Setting Move your cursor as following sequence Start Setting s Control Panel and click Control Panel . Then double-click on the Network Connections In the LAN or High-Speed Internet window , right-click on icon corresponding to your network interface card (NIC) and select Properties .(This icon may be labeled Local Area Connection). 12[...]

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    In the General T ab of the Local Area Connection Properties menu. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under “This connection uses the following items.” by click on it once. Click on the Properties button. Select Obtain an IP Address automatically: by clicking once in the circle. Click OK button to confirm and save y our changes, and the close [...]

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    Release IP & Renew IP , then Check Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 . Launch your PC web brow ser and enter the URL: http://192.168.1.1 In the User name/Password prompt, please type in Admin/Admin as default. 14[...]

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    Please wait for the Home page to appear . 15[...]

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    OnePage Setup When working with wide area connections, the fi rst thing you must do is to have the handle of the connection. Once you have th e handle for a Connection you must define the PVC and protocol settings for it. Name: Enter the name of your ISP . This informa tion is for identification purposes only . Ty p e : There six kinds of method (P[...]

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    preset amount of time. T he default is 60 seconds. If y ou set the time to 0, the ISDN connection will remain always connected to the ISP . Keep Alive: If mode is LCP , This is the Keep Aliv e timer . If a reply to the LCP echo is not received in this amount if time, the connection is dropped. The Default is 10. Authentication: Set the required aut[...]

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    Ty p e : There six kinds of method (PPPoE/ PP PoA/ S tatic/ DHCP/ Bridge/ CLIP). S tatic Settings Encapsulation: Select you encapsulation ty pe. (Supplied by your ISP). IP Address: Private IP address for connecting to a local private network (Default: 192.168.1.1). Netmask: Netmask for the local private network (Default: 255.255.255.0). Default Gat[...]

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    Ty p e : There six kinds of method (PPPoE/ PP PoA/ S tatic/ DHCP/ Bridge/ CLIP). DHCP Settings Encapsulation: Select you encapsulation ty pe. (Supplied by your ISP). IP Address: Private IP address for connecting to a local private network (Default: 192.168.1.1). PVC Settings VPI: If instructed to change this, type in the VPI value for the initial c[...]

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    VPI: If instructed to change this, type in the VPI value for the initial connection (using PVC 0). Default = 0 . VCI: If instructed to change this, type in the VC I value for the initial connection (using PVC 0). Default = 0 . QoS: Quality of Service type. Select CBR (Continuous Bit Rate) to specify fixed (always-on) bandwidth for voice or dat a tr[...]

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    PVC Settings VPI: If instructed to change this, type in the VPI value for the initial connection (using PVC 0). Default = 0 . VCI: If instructed to change this, type in the VC I value for the initial connection (using PVC 0). Default = 0 . QoS: Quality of Service type. Select CBR (Continuous Bit Rate) to specify fixed (always-on) bandwidth for voic[...]

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    Wireless This page allow you to enable and disable the wireless LAN func tion, create a SSID, and select the channel for wireless communications.. Channel : Select a transmission channel for wirel ess communications. The channel of any wireless device must match the c hannel selected here in order for the wireless device to access the LAN and W AN [...]

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    Advanced Beacon Period: T ype the Beacon Period in the text box. Y ou can specify a value from 0 to 65535. The default Beacon Period is 200. DTIM Pe riod: T ype a DTIM (Delivery T raffic Indica tion Message) Period in the text box. Y ou c an specify a value between 1 and 255. The default value is 2. R TS Threshold: T ype the R TS (Request-T o -Send[...]

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    S t atus Network S tatistics The Ethernet Network S tatistics page shows t he statistics for the Ethernet connection. The DSL Network S tatistics page shows the st atistics for the DSL connection. 24[...]

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    The Wireless Network S tatistics page shows t he st atistics for the Wi reless connection. 25[...]

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    Connection S tatus The Connection S tatus page shows the st atus of PPP for each PPP interface. 26[...]

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    System Log The System Log page shows the event s triggered by the system. 27[...]

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    Advanced Setting LAN Setup The following is displayed LAN Setup. DHCP Configuration DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuratio n Protocol. It can automatically dispatch related IP settings to any local user configured as a DHCP client. Server On: Enables the DHCP server . S tart IP: Sets the st art IP address of the IP address pool. End IP: Sets the[...]

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    Management IP The Management IP page shows t he ADSL physical layer status. IP Address: Private IP address for connecting to a local private network (Default: 192.168.1.1). Netmask: Netmask for the local private network (Default: 255.255.255.0). Default Gateway: This field is optional. Enter in the IP address of the router on your network. Host Nam[...]

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    Firewall/NA T Services Network Address T ranslation (NA T): Is a method of mapping one or more IP addresses and/or IP service ports into different specified values. Firewall: In addition to t he built-in NA T mechanism. Firewall/NA T Services: Select Enable to turn on the Firewall/NA T Service. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 30[...]

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    W AN Setup The following is displayed W AN Setup. Add New Connection When working with wide area connections, the fi rst thing you must do is to have the handle of the connection. Once you have th e handle for a Connection you must define the PVC and protocol settings for it. Name: Enter the name of your ISP . This informa tion is for identificatio[...]

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    Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP . Idle T imeout: Idle timeout means the router will disconnect after being idle for a preset amount of time. T he default is 60 seconds. If y ou set the time to 0, the ISDN connection will remain always connected to the ISP . Keep Alive: If mode is LCP , This is the Keep Aliv e timer . If a reply to[...]

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    Name: Enter the name of your ISP . This informa tion is for identification purposes only . Ty p e : There six kinds of method (PPPoE/ PP PoA/ S tatic/ DHCP/ Bridge/ CLIP). S tatic Settings Encapsulation: Select you encapsulation ty pe. (Supplied by your ISP). IP Address: Private IP address for connecting to a local private network (Default: 192.168[...]

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    Name: Enter the name of your ISP . This informa tion is for identification purposes only . Ty p e : There six kinds of method (PPPoE/ PP PoA/ S tatic/ DHCP/ Bridge/ CLIP). DHCP Settings Encapsulation: Select you encapsulation ty pe. (Supplied by your ISP). IP Address: Private IP address for connecting to a local private network (Default: 192.168.1.[...]

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    Name: Enter the name of your ISP . This informa tion is for identification purposes only . Ty p e : There six kinds of method (PPPoE/ PP PoA/ S tatic/ DHCP/ Bridge/ CLIP). Bridge Settings Encapsulation: Select you encapsulation ty pe. (Supplied by your ISP). PVC Settings VPI: If instructed to change this, type in the VPI value for the initial conne[...]

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    Name: Enter the name of your ISP . This informa tion is for identification purposes only . Ty p e : There six kinds of method (PPPoE/ PP PoA/ S tatic/ DHCP/ Bridge/ CLIP). CLIP Settings IP Address: Private IP address for connecting to a local private network (Default: 192.168.1.1). Netmask: Netmask for the local privat e network (Default: 255.255.2[...]

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    Advanced UPnP Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a dist ributed, open networking standard that uses TCP/IP for simple peer-to –peer network c onnectivity between devices a UPnP device can dynamically join a network, obtain and IP address, convey is cap abilities and learn about other devices on the network. In turn , a device can leave a network s[...]

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    Multicast The NSP is capable of proxying for applicat ions that are using multicast IP for accessing V ideo content. This application needs to be run when NA T is enabled. Enable IGMP Multicast: Enable or Disable IGMP Multicast. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 38[...]

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    LAN Clients The LAN Clients p age allows you to set the configuratio n for the LAN port. New IP Address: Enter the IP Address. Hostname: Enter the Hostname. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 39[...]

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    W eb Filters The following queries manage t he Content Filtering cap abilities of the NSP . Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 40[...]

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    Bridge Filters The bridge filtering page allo ws users to set the confi guration of IP filtering. Source MAC: When the bridge filtering is enabled , enter the Source MAC address, select Block and click Add . Then all incoming W AN and LAN Ethernet p ackets matched with this source MAC addr ess will be filtered out. If the Forward is selected, then [...]

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    Modem Setup Select ADSL T ransmission Rate. T1413: Full-Rate (ANSI T1.413 Issue 2) with line rate support of up to 8 Mbp s downstream and 832 Kbps up stream. GDMT : Full-Rate (G .dmt, G992.1) with line ra te support of up to 8 Mbp s downstream and 832 Kbps up stream. GLITE: G . lite (G .992.2) with line rate support of up to 1.5 Mbps downstream and[...]

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    S tatic Routing The following queries manage the RIP routing app lication and static routing entries for the NSP . The RIP application su pports both version 1 and 2. New Destination IP: Enter the New Destination IP . Gateway: Enter the IP Address of the Gateway . Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 43[...]

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    Access Control Access Control allows users to define t he outgoing traffic permitted or denied access through the W AN interface. The default is to permit all outgoing traffic. 44[...]

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    Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 46[...]

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    Port Forwarding The Port Forwarding page allows the user def ine a port forwarding rule without using the firewall policy database definitions and apply it to the connection. 47[...]

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    Choose a connection: Y ou can choose a connection to do this. LAN IP: type your LAN IP . For example 19 2.168.1.2. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 49[...]

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    Dynamic Routing The following queries manage the RIP routing app lic ation and static routing entries for the NSP . The RIP application su pports both version 1 and 2. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 50[...]

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    Wireless Security Select a Wireless Security level None: Disable Wireless encryption. WEP: WEP encryption scrambles the dat a trans mitted between the wireless stations and the access points to keep network communications private. It encrypt s unicast and multicast communications in a network. Both the wireless st ations and the access points must [...]

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    802.1x: The IEEE 802.1x standards outline enhanced security methods for both the authentication of wirel ess stations and encryption key management. WP A: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WP A) is a s ubset of the IEEE 802.1 1i security specification draft. Key dif ferences between WP A and WEP are user authentication and improved data encryption. Apply: Cl[...]

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    Advanced Security The Advanced Security page provides adv anced rules that can be applied to a particular Connection. Enable DMZ: Enable or Disable DMZ. Enable Remote Web: Allow or deny incoming access to the modems Web p ages remotely . Enable Remote T elnet: Allow or deny incoming access to the modems T elnet Interface remotely . Enable Incoming [...]

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    Wireless Management The Wireless Management page allows your prestige can check the MAC addresses of Wireless stations against a list of allowed or denied MAC addresses. Enable Access List: Enable the Wireless Management by Access List. MAC Address: Enter the MAC Address. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 54[...]

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    T ools The T ools s ection allows you to save the co nfiguration, restart the gateway , update the gateway firmware, setup user and remote log information and run Ping and Modem tests. Ping T est Packet INternet Groper is protocol that s ends out ICMP echo requests to test whether or not a remote host is reachable. 55[...]

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    Remote Log The Router T able page displays routing t abl e and allows the user to manually enter the routing entry . The routing table will disp lay the routing status of Destination, Netmask, Gateway and Interface. The inte rface br0 means the USB interface; Io0 means the loopback interface and ppp1 means the PPP interface. The Gateway is the lear[...]

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    Modem T est This test can be used to check whether y our Modem is properly connected to the Network. This test may t ake a few seconds to complete. T o perform the test, select your connection from the lis t and press the T est button. 57[...]

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    UI Preferences The UI preferences page allows user to set screen size. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 58[...]

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    Update Gateway T o update your gateway firmware, choose an update image (Kernel/ File system) or configuration file In Select a File, and then click the Update Gateway button. Additionally , you may download your configurat ion file from the system by clicking Get Configuration. 59[...]

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    User Management User Management is used to change your User Name or Password. User Name: Default is ‘Admin’. Password: Default is ‘Admin’. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. 60[...]

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    System Commands System commands allow you to carry out basic system actions. Press the button to execute a command. 61[...]

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    S t atus The S tatus section allows you to view the S t atus/S tatistics of dif ferent connections and interfaces. System Log The System Log page shows the event s triggered by the system. 62[...]

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    DHCP Client s The DHCP Clients page shows the MAC Addre ss, IP Address, Host Name and Lease Ti m e . 63[...]

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    Modem S tatus The Modem S tatus page shows the modem st atus and DSL statistics. 64[...]

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    Network S tatistics The Ethernet Network S tatistics page shows t he statistics for the Ethernet connection. The DSL Network S tatistics page shows the st atistics for the DSL connection. 65[...]

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    The Wireless Network S tatistics page shows t he st atistics for the Wi reless connection. 66[...]

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    Connection S tatus The Connection S tatus page shows the st atus of PPP for each PPP interface. 67[...]

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    Product Information The Product Information p age shows the produc t information and software versions. 68[...]

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    Appendix Country ISP PVC VPI:8 Australia All Internet providers VCI:35 VPI:0 Belgium VCI:33 VPI:0 Canada T elus VCI:35 VPI:8 Cybercity VCI:35 VPI:8 Danmark T iscali VCI:35 VPI:1 1 & 1 Internet DSL VCI:32 VPI:1 AOL DSL VCI:32 VPI:8 Arcor DSL VCI:35 VPI:1 Freenet DSL VCI:32 VPI:1 Fireline networks VCI:32 VPI:1 GMX Internet VCI:32 VPI:8 Hansenet V[...]

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    Country ISP PVC VPI:1 T iscali VCI:32 VPI:1 T -online VCI:32 VPI:1 Anderer Anbieter VCI:32 VPI:8 W annadoo VCI:35 VPI:8 France T iscali VCI:35 VPI:8 ISRAEL KPN PPPoE LLC VCI:48 VPI:8 T elecom Italia VCI:35 VPI:8 Italian Rest oil presente VCI:35 VPI:8 KPN PPPoA VC-MuX VCI:48 VPI:0 BBeyond Bridge LLC VCI:33 VPI:0 Netherlands BBeyond PPPoA VC-MuX VCI:[...]

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    Country ISP PVC VPI:8 Eresmas VCI:35 VPI:8 Jazztel VCI:35 VPI:8 Ola Internet VCI:35 VPI:0 Retevision VCI:35 VPI:8 T erra VCI:32 VPI:1 T iscali VCI:32 VPI:8 T elefornica VCI:32 VPI:8 Te l e p a c VCI:35 VPI:1 Uni2 VCI:33 VPI:8 Ya . c o m VCI:32 VPI:8 Sp a n i s h W anadoo VCI:32 VPI:0 Island ssimi VCI:35 VPI:8 Landssimi VCI:48 VPI:8 Suomi Vo r t e x[...]

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    Country ISP PVC VPI:0 Hinet VCI:33 VPI:0 T aiwan Seednet VCI:33 VPI:8 Etisalat Classical IP Single User VCI:35 VPI:8 United Arab Emirates Etisalat Classical IP for Business VCI:35 VPI:0 United Kingdom Br itish T elecom VCI:38 72[...]