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Technical Summary

Summary:
A handy reference guide to all the server and connection details you may need.


Basic Broadband Settings

Broadband username:

username@metro2.net
If you signed up for the broadband product after 20 Feb 2006.

username@dsl2.net
If you signed up for the broadband product before 20 Feb 2006.

Please note: 'username' is your broadband username, not your account username.

You can view your broadband product's username and password on the Services Summary page of My Account.

  • Modulation:G.DMT or G.lite
  • Encapsulation: ‘PPP over ATM‘, sometimes called PPPoA or RFC2364
  • Multiplexing Method: VC-MUX/NULL, sometimes called ‘VC-Based’
  • VPI: 0
  • VCI: 38
  • Authentication Protocol: CHAP
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Mail Servers
Incoming Mail (POP3): mail.metronet.co.uk
Outgoing Mail (SMTP): smtp.metronet.co.uk
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Dial-up Numbers
There are several dial-up connection numbers.

The number to use depends on when you signed up for your Metronet account:

  • Before 20th February 2006 and already have a dial-up service:
    - Clientless number: 0845 638 9486
    - Client version: 0845 638 9487
  • Before 20th February 2006 and without a dial-up service: 0845 604 1679
  • After 20th February 2006: 0845 604 1679

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DNS Connection Settings
Only change your DNS settings if you know what you are doing.

  • 213.162.97.65
  • 213.162.97.66

Set your hardware to ‘Server Assigned DNS Servers’ to avoid problems.
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News Servers
Broadband users: news.metronet.co.uk
Dial-up users: news.dialup.metronet.co.uk

Please note: don't use a username or password when connecting to the news servers (NNTP).
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Time Server (NTP)
If your hardware can syncronise its time with the Network Time Protocol, configure it to use our time server for accuracy.

Time Server: ntp.metronet.co.uk
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