On Sat, 18 Mar 2006, Pete Holsberg wrote:
Obviously, this is not the only way to set up an Internet
connection (DSL, in my case) but as I do not have one of
these in my Control Panel > Network Connections folder, I was
wondering where the information he uses is used in my set-up.
That is, when I boot-up, what logs me in to Verizon, how does
it know to use PPoE, etc.?
A PPoE connection is considered a "dial-up" connection. That is
you have to run the connectoid in order to connect to Verizon.
Once connected, it will log in using the user name and password
provided when the connectoid was created. As far as knowing to
use PPoE, that is the type of connection that was created, so
it can not use any other connection type. IOW the connectoid
was specifically created as a PPoE connection, not a Slip or
PPP connection for instance.
If you want the connectoid to connect to Verizon at bootup, the
connectoid shortcut would have to be placed in the startup
folder. The "Dial whenever a network connection is not present"
or "Always dial my default connection" options can also be
used.
If you look at the connection properties of a PPoE connection,
it looks very similar to the connection properties of a modem
connection.
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