Linksys Router Connecting to Internet...is this the norm?

[Blankman]

Using a Linksys 4-port router to connect to my ADSL using PPOE. It works great overall but when I power up my system I have to continually go into my browser and manually enter setup/status tab to connect. Then I have to reboot. Only then can I enter my web browser to surf. Is this the norm? I've read through my manual and I don't believe there's anything I'm missing but who knows. Anyone run into this before?

[HAL9000]

Nope, not normal at all. I don't know too much about PPOE, but maybe you need the connect on demand or the keep alive boxes checked.

[Blankman]

Tried that already...wierd that the router connects to my ISP but I'm forced to reboot to pull up my web browser...

[morriswindgate]

THis link can answer your question

http://www.x-ploited.net/newspro/com...79521%2C.shtml

[glc]

morris - RASPPoE is indeed outstanding - but Blankman already has a router to do this and it will not work with a router. It's designed to be used instead of the godawful Enternet software to connect a single machine.

Blankman - do you have the latest firmware in that Linksys? I know the earlier versions had a lot of problems with PPPoE.

My recommended setup for a Linksys is this - for the LAN side - enable the DHCP server. Set your clients to obtain IP automatically, use DHCP, and put the router's IP in (default is 192.168.1.1) for the gateway IP address. Enable DNS, use the computer name for the host name, leave the domain blank, and add the router's IP for the DNS IP address. Set the IE preferences to never dial a connection, and in LAN settings, uncheck all boxes having anything to do with a proxy.

You DID completely uninstall the Enternet (or whatever - Winpoet, Connection Manager - )software before hooking up the router, right?

[Blankman]

Sorry this is so late but I just got off of vacation. glc I did find an answer I was looking for. When using a Linksys router with RASPPoE you do have to connect through your browser everytime then reboot to surf. It's just the hassle of PPoE. And just to let anyone who reads this know, just as glc stated, you do have to rid your system of all Enternet software in order for your system to work with a Linksys router. Thanks for the responses...

[glc]

I hope you simply mistyped - you don't need RASPPPoE to use a Linksys router with a PPPoE connection - it should be handled within the router. Did you really mean to leave the "RAS" off?

I read the Linksys KB article - now, it seems to me that once you are connected and rebooted, the connection should be "persistent" if you enable the "keep alive" in the PPPoE setup in the router.

[Blankman]

Yep you're right about the misspell...yeah I do have the keep alive set but if I power down my strip I have to go through the entire process which stinks.

[Xayd]

Is the router on your power strip?

Take it off if so, leave the router on with constant power, that's why it's doing this if you just kill the power to it.

My router is only turned off when it locks up solid, and there aren't many applications I run it through that can cause that. Uptime is generally 2-3 months on mine.

Xayd