[Ti] AirPort Base Station use in Italy

[Robert Ameeti]

>On Jul 5, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
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>>As compared to the US, are there differences in typical ISP networking protocols in Italy?
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>>I will be spending many months in Italy and was thinking that it might be wiser to purchase the AirPort Base Station there as it might be set to default to whatever form of protocols that they use there.
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>>i.e. Some ISPs here use PPPoE, some use DHCP, and some use Static. But I think there is some Big Pond ISP that has some other different protocols when using DSL or cable.
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>Networking doesn't speak Italian or English.  It's the same anywhere you go.

Sorry but no. Different ISPs use different connection protocols. As mentioned above, the Big Pond for instance uses a proprietary connection method that is not compatible with the Apple Base Station. It is a form of PPPoE that is unique to that ISP. Sometimes we Americans need to recognize that the world is sometimes different than us.


> Besides DHCP, PPPoE, or static IP, there's PPP, BootP (not going to be used by an ISP because it's normally used on diskless workstations) and some ISP's are now using IPv6 protocols.
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>Your Airport unit supports them all, no matter where you buy it, with the possible exception of PPP.  You need a modem-equipped Airport for that.
>--
>Chris

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