[Scottish] BT 5861 Router question

[Andrew Back]

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Rod McCall wrote:

> I've just inherited a BT 5861 router. Basically I need to know is it
> possible to use it with an ADSL provider other than BT? The reason for
> asking is that I ain't got ADSL yet and if this works then I may consider
> it. I notice when it starts up via the webpage that it says its connecting
> to BT.

AFAIK all routers fitted by a BT engineer are the same, whether your
Demon, Pipex, BT OpenWorld etc. And then when you enter a username and
password it authenticates you against the RADIUS server of the ISP you
subscribed to. Following that your ISP provide IP config and BT route your
connection to that ISPs network connection.

Now I believe these routers are set up differently for NAT and non-NAT
services. So changing that kind of stuff could be difficult without the
management password. BT didn't have this for one of the routers *they*
fitted so had to come out and swap it. At a guess though there will be a
button somewhere (inside?) to reset this.

Andrew