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reply to Anon

Re: enternet 1.6

with XP, you don't need enternet, raspppoe, dns settings, or anything else. it just loads a driver for your nic, then you type in your user name and password in the network connections. pretty slick actually, no extra weight and you still pull down the same download speeds or transfer rates, however you want to say it. ahhhh, life without enternet is so nice...

I realize that, I was just giving the update on EnterNet. PPPoE is native in Windows XP. Just like this:
1) Create a new connection
2) Choose Connect to Internet
3) Create Manually (option 2)
4) Connect Using Broadband Connection that requires a username and password
5) Give it a name (IE: DSL)
6) Put in your name and password (Don't forget to add your ISP's domain as part of your userid, IE: for Verizon it is userid@verizon.net)
7) Right click and choose properties for that new connection
8) Empty entry in Service name to let it use Wan PPPOE
9) Go to Networking Folder, choose Internet Protocol TCP/IP
10) Choose Properties - Make sure everything is auto assigned
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Bob
»www.carricksolutions.com/pppoe.htm - The largest PPPoE FAQ & How To database on the web.

yeah, that's pretty slick on microsoft's part - convenient for the end user though, but no love for anyone else. did you see how XP even has a driver for the nic and how simple the nic installation was? nice, one less thing you have to install or configure. raspppoe is a nice touch for w2k. microsoft should go ahead and throw in a virus scanner in the OS and call it a day, they added everything else. i wonder is life with a mac like this? nice page you have by the way.

OSX on the Mac also has built in PPPoE support. Also Macs come with integrated ethernet cards so you don't have to worry about installing one. So yup life with a Mac is like that also. Thanks for the nice words about my site also.
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Bob
»www.carricksolutions.com/pppoe.htm - The largest PPPoE FAQ & How To database on the web.
[text was edited by author 2001-09-10 13:35:40]

that's cool to hear, there's no reason why an internet connection should drain resources and be a pain to configure on one computer. and no problem on the compliment, it's so hard to come by accurate information these days, you learn to appreciate it when you see it. how do you like enternet 1.6? i thought about taking a look at it just to see has it improved, is it worth a look?

reply to Anon

said by boutthis1:

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microsoft should go ahead and throw in a virus scanner in the OS and call it a day

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reply to Anon
EnterNet V1.6 actually doesn't exist anymore it got recalled. V1.5b is the latest the next coming out is V1.5c. Which I do like, I'm an EnterNet fan just because it doesn't use Microsoft Dial-up networking like 2 other PPPoE clients. Then of course for Windows 2000 I like RASPPPoE.
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Bob
»www.carricksolutions.com/pppoe.htm - The largest PPPoE FAQ & How To database on the web.

reply to AnArky

Re: Cool features with the 5260 and Enternet 1.5a

Did you install it while your Efficient modem was plugged in? Is it a USB modem?

Bob

Hi Bob,

It is an Ethernet modem. The modem was plugged in and turned on.

First I just tried upgrading from 1.41 to 1.5. That gave me fail to load tap errors even though it connected. After reading your FAQ on your site, I uninstalled. Deleted the Efficient Networks folder, as recommended, and just installed v1.5. That still gave me the failed to load tap error, and no extra tabs, so I uninstalled again, deleted the folder, and reinstalled Enternet 1.41 from the CD that came w/ my modem. (You select the type of modem you have. I thought that would help.) I then upgraded again to 1.5. Still same Tap errors and no tabs.

Despite the Tap errors, I'm pretty sure Tap is loading (because I can connect to the internet). Other than that, the 1.5 software isn't doing anything different (that I can tell) than the 1.41 software.

The problem may also just simply be that I have the 1.5 software and not the 1.5a. (I downloaded it from the Southwest Bell site as linked from p.1 of this discussion.)

reply to Anon

Re: enternet 1.6

reply to harraton

Re: Cool features with the 5260 and Enternet 1.5a

Thanks. Unfortunately, I already have it set to Private API, Protocol Driver.

No matter. As soon as my router gets here, everyone will be happy! (Hopefully.)