TRUST 235A AND 245B SPEEDLINK ADSL WEB MODEM
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7.3
Explanation of protocols
Different protocols can be used to connect to the Internet via ADSL. These protocols
are often given different names by different service providers. For example, the
PPPoA protocol can be called RFC2364 by your ISP or ADSL line provider and
NDISWAN in your modem’s software. The required protocol is provided by your ISP.
See tables 2 and 3 below for the correct names of the various protocols.
Driver name
Contains protocol
Protocol
NDISLAN
NDISWAN
PPPoA
PPPoE
Bridged/
Routed
Ethernet
IP
RFC1483,
RFC2684
X
X
RFC2364
X
X
X
RFC2516
X
X
RFC1577
X
Table 2: Description of the various protocols
Since the names of the protocols used during the manual installation are NDISLAN
and NDISWAN and these names are probably not known by the ISP, table 3 gives a
short description of which protocols they contain and their most general names.
Driver
name
PPPoA /
RFC2364
PPPoE / RFC2364 /
RFC2516
Bridged/Routed Ethernet /
RFC1483
NDISLAN
X
NDISWAN
X
X
Table 3: General names for the protocols
