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Auto-Connect RASPPPoE for Windows XP Professional

Done like this, but choose the RASPPPoE connection, not the native Windows XP PPPoE (which is probably what you should use).

1) In Control Panel open "Network Connections"
2) Right click on your broadband connection icon and select "Properties"
3) Uncheck "Prompt for name and password..."
4) Click "OK"
5) Open your "C:/Documents and settings" folder
6) Open the "All Users" folder
7) Open the "Start Menu" folder
8) Open the "Programs" folder
9) Go to your Programs Folder -> Startup
9) Copy a short-cut of your Broadband Connection, from the Network Connections folder in to the "Startup" folder
If that does not work for you, try this:
Create a shortcut for your Broadband Connection, place it on your desktop
Go to Start Menu -> "Programs" -> "System Tools" -> "Scheduled Tasks"
Double click "Add Scheduled Task"
Click "Next"
Click "Browse" -> browse to the shortcut you had placed on your desktop -> Select it -> Click "Open"
Click "When my computer starts"
Click "Next"
Enter the Username and password for the administrator on your PC, if you do not use passwords to log in, leave it blank -> Click "Next"
Click "Finish"
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Whenever I start up my computer, it takes about a minute or two for it to actually auto-connect. Does this happen to anyone else? Is there a way to make it connect faster (like right on boot up?) Oh and by the way I use Windows XP Professional 32-bit. Thanks.

1) Go to "Start" -> "Control Panel"
2) Click on "Network & Internet Connections"
3) Click on "Network Connections"
4) Right click on the icon for your Ethernet card connected to your DSL modem _> Choose "Properties"
5) Click on "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) -> Click "Properties"
6) In the "General" tab check off "Use the following IP address"
7) Type in 192.168.0.15
8) Enter a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
9) Click "OK"
10) Click "OK"
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I can't seem to find the section where you enter the "subnet mask". Underneath the "Use the following IP address" it has two boxes. The top box says "Preferred DNS Server" and the bottom box says "Alternate DNS Server". Is that where I put the subnet mask IP?

You have to enter the info on the LAN adapter, not the PPPoE connection.