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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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