Can anyone help, Can anyone in simple terms tell me how my ISP connects to my router from there network and how they assign a dhcp address to it, also how is the circuit made between me and the isp, if all isp's use the same VC's etc how does it connect only to my ISP at login ?
Carl, seems like you want the broadband recipe in a nutshell.
Unfortunately it is not possible to give you that here. Suggest you look for a broadbrand primer using the popular search engine.
Then if you have specific questions come back here.
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