David Harel wrote:
pns.barak.net.il is Barak's "access point" within the cable operator's private network. It's your gateway to the Internet by using Barak -- in case you're a Barak customer and can authenticate to this gateway.Just for the sake of my understanding.
I also use cable technology and 013 Barak. I never had to do any dialing or any operation to have my communication started. Simple DHCP works just fine although I asked for what they call "Permanent" connection which is free of charge.
What is this dialing all about, what is pns.barak.net.il and what are the benefits of this PPTP technology?
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By first accessing your cable operator's private network and dialing to the ISP from there, you get the benefit of being able to switch among ISPs dynamically; by choosing to which ISP to tunnel, you're sort-of dialing to it, only over IP.
Of course, "dialing" this way to an ISP requires an account at that ISP, and anyway I don't know anyone who'd wish to have a broadband account at more than one ISP (the speed is per the entire connection, so you'll gain no speed benefit).
Also, you can change your IP by disconnecting the PPTP connection and "redialing".
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