Re: PPPoE and WiFi Router

From: Kelvin (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 06:00:50 -0700

Steve, thanks for the advise.

I did set it to "Never dial a connection", but then IE
will just stay blank.... until I invoke the connection to
connect the PPPoE.

Could I just remove the PPPoE connection setting in
the "Dial-up and VPN settings" part at all?

Kelvin

>-----Original Message-----
>In article <830C24DC-D57C-4E2C-9CE7-
4728D1337865@microsoft.com>,
>Kelvin <Kelvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>Folks, need your advise...
>>
>>I have a PC with XP and running PPPoE to access
internet. There is no ADSL
>>modem or whatsoever in my home.... just an ethernet
cable. In China, the set
>>up is certainly different from US.
>>
>>I used to need to dial PPPoE from my PC (with XP). I
set it up with the
>>network wizard.
>>
>>Now I installed a Linksys WiFi router. The Router will
dial the PPPoE
>>directly. In that sense, my PC (with XP) should be able
to connect to the
>>Router without having to dial PPPoE, right? But every
time I launch IE, it
>>requires me to connect thru PPPoE again. I have other
problems as reported in
>>other posting.....
>>
>>Do I still need to authenticate via the PPPoE from my
PC? or don't I need to
>>do it (since the Router does it all)? How could I set
the network wizard on
>>my XP PC so that I do not need to go thru that PPPoE
connect icon?
>>
>>My other PC running Win2000, I could just plug it in to
the Router and get
>>to internet instantaneouosly without have to do any
dialing or connecting.
>>How could I set up the PC with XP to do the same?
>>
>>Kelvin
>
>Since your router dials the PPPoE connection and
authenticates with
>your ISP, your computer doesn't need to do those
things. To stop IE
>from trying to dial, click Tools | Internet Options |
Connections and
>select "Never dial a connection".
>
>If you run the Network Setup Wizard, tell it that your
computer
>connects to the Internet through a residential gateway
(router).
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
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>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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