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PPPOE & 802.11b on XP

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by alj

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The system is a ThinkPad A31 with XP. It has a miniPCI card with the 10/100 Ethernet and modem. It also has a Linksys 802.11b PCMCIA card. I'm trying to set it up to run PPPOE to BellSouth DSL. I want the PPPOE to run over the wireless Ethernet to an Airport wireless accesspoint that attaches to a switch with the DSL modem attached to the switch. The network is up and working and this machine is the only machine not working (also the only XP machine). It looks to me like when I stup PPPOE via XP the system wants to ignore the 802.11b active network and use the miniPCI Ethernet, which is not connected. Any ideas anyone?

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by mr_trc

Have you tryed to disable your miniPCI Ethernet in your system settings? And make sure that your 802.11b is set to active in your system settings.

by dustyd

When you say your network is up and working, I assume that means all systems can see each other, and share resources. In Internet options, ensure that 'never dial a connection' is checked, and you may have to delete any existing connections you see. Run Network Setup wizard on the laptop if all else fails, and choose 'connect via broadband' for internet connection.
If you have other connection issues with your wireless LAN, respond, and we'll deal with that.

by dustyd

Well, then either remove your PCI NIC, or setup a profile to use for wireless with the PCI NIC disabled or uninstalled.

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