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With PPPoE, the IP address is assigned at logon by the system and everything goes through that. The NIC card doesn't require TCP/IP to work, the PPPoE adapter is separate, just like the dialup adapter if you are using 56k. What's happening is this - on bootup, if DHCP is enabled on the NIC, it's sitting there querying the DSL modem for an IP address, and the modem is just sitting there playing dumb because it doesn't HAVE a DHCP server in it to assign the IP address. Windows will finally time out after a couple of minutes and press on. Disconnect the modem and Windows senses that nothing is connected to the NIC, and it presses on because it knows it can't get an IP.
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