why would router need DSL login/password?

[sarta]

I am trying to set up a consumer-grade 4port router for a client who has DSL, and the router is asking for PPPoe login information before allowing me to proceed.

My question is: What would the router do with that login?

As I understand it, the DSL modem will acquire the IP address with the login, and the router would get the IP address from the modem using DHCP.

model of router is not relevant since this applies to several models I have tried (netgear, trendnet, etc)

 

[paella33]

I think this depends on your provider. Some use pppoe and need a login, others do not.

 

[sarta]

Well my point is, I thought that logging in and getting an IP was only the job of the DSL modem, not the router?

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

Normally it is the job of the DSL modem to do so. But when you introduce a router, and it is NATing through the DSL modem, then it is best practice to configure PPOE on the router.

Jesse Hamrick

http://www.powershellpro.com

 

[GunnarD]

DSL modem vill not get an ip-adress (if it's not doing NAT), it will only "convert" "dsl" <-> Ethernet, it is your router or your computer that get ip-adress via DHCP and probably logigng in via PPPoE.