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[KimA92]

What's the difference between these WAN Access Types? :

-static IP
-DHCP
-PPPoE
-PPTP

[92Garfield]

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
if you activate this your router will automaticly give IPs to connected computers

PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet)
allows each computer that is connected to get his own connection (u need to have more connectiosn they wont appear from nothing)

static IP
is just a not changing IP adress

PPTP
i dont know i looked up wikipedia.. but nothing i understand..
the others where simple

i hope i could help

[pkyourface]

PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

Is a protocol that allows the Point to Point Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network and allows TCP/IP data to be transmitted over non-TCP/IP networks.

[Psy]

You getting confused.

DHCP and static IP are not WAN access types. They are simply a way to get an IP to a host machine. You either assign one statically or you get it done dynamically, which is where DHCP comes in, does a bit of negotiating between the server/router and the PC and gives it an IP.

PPPoE is a connection type commonly found on broadband router, along with PPPoA. PPPoA is the most common one and is getting more and more used, due to a lower overhead and larger MTU. It stands for Point-to-point Protocol over ATM. Atm is the method that data gets 'switched' across the telephone network.

PPTP again is not an access method in itself, its a protocol that works a little bit higher up. It manages remote connection basically.
Its point-to-point tunneling protocol.

You can also utilize L2TP, which is layer-2 tunneling protocol, and this depending on what security you implement can be quite secure.

Virtual connections, or VPN's (virtual private networks) are used a lot between destinations to establish secure connections for the purpose of transferring secure data for example, and this utilizes one of the above protocols.

Hope that clears that up,

~Psych

[92Garfield]

[Psy]

In a nutshell, its what allows a VPN connection to be possible.

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a protocol that enables secure data transfer from a remote client to a private server by creating a virtual private network across TCP/IP-based data networks. PPTP supports on-demand connectivity and multiple protocols across WAN-networks such as the cloud (the public internet)

More in-depth info can be obtained from either microsofts technet, Cisco's website or wikipedia...but it looks like that was already ripped :p