Kevin:
I think this is the case. Wouldn't the PPPoE software login
automatically the way Remote Access does on a dial up?
David
> Actually if the ISP is using PPPoE then the username and password would be
> required to connect to the DSL connection. PPPoE turns a DSL connection into
> something like a dial up connection. You are actually hooked up to DSL but you
> can not use it until you click on the PPPoE icon and send off your
> username and password to login. The handshake and connection process happens
> very quickly, much quicker than a modem, but it is still a pain.
>
> There are DSL/Broadband routers available that support PPPoE, you enter your
> username and password into the router and it deals with authenticating the
> connection. That way you don't have to worry about running the software on the
> client computer and many of those routers have a built in firewall and allow
> more than one computer to be hooked up to them. Once you get them setup they
> work pretty much quietly in the background.
>
> take care,
> Kevin Avery
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