Broadband problem

In IE go to tools and internet properties. Go to the connections tab and check the settings there.

should never dial a connection and lan settings should auto detect settings.

Go to Network Connections and Delete ALL dial-up accounts. Go to the Advanced Tab in Internet Options, then click "Restore Defaults", then the Porgrams tab and click "Reset Web Settings."
Go to the Connections tab in Internet Options and click on Setup. Run through the wizard and be sure to select "Setup connection manually", then select "Connect using a broadband connection".

The VPN connection is seen as a dialup but it points to an ip-address instead of a phone number.

Try running Setup from the Connections tab in IE Options.

Make a new connection. Go to the Connections Folder and run the New Connections Wizard. Select the correct chouices for you situation as it goes through the steps.

You can also temp disable the VPN connection to see if that's what's making it seem to be a dial up.

Have you looked in the connections folder to see if there's a dialup there.

Is it not beautiful that Y2K helped fix Windows ? With ME we changed from controlling our internet connection to having the programs control it for us. Used to be you go to settings -> dial-up connections and you controlled ALL internet access, now go to 15 different sections of the Windows program and change all settings if you want to access the internet, consistantly ! XP has created an Extra Pain in our ability to manipulate the programs to do what we expect or want from the system we bought.

Agree with IE is the problem - dump the dial-up connection in IE -> tools -> internet options -> connections, and set LAN to auto-detect.

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