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System and method for provisioning broadband service in a PPPoE network using a list of stored domain names

  • US 7,154,912 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2001
  • Issued: 12/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer implemented method for provisioning broadband service in a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) network, comprisingproviding a list of a plurality of internal domain names for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) to a modem;

  • generating an authentication request including a user identifier;

    setting a destination address of the authentication request to all of the internal domain names on the list;

    transmitting the authentication request from the modem to the destination address over a PPPoE network; and

    receiving authorization for the modem from each of the internal domain names of the ISP associated with said user identifier, at least one said authorization including a static IP address reserved for the user so that for any subsequent PPPoE sessions established the user is always supplied with the same static IP address to establish connectivity to the Internet.

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