Must broadband connection be pppoe?

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With Vista, I can get internet for my new Dell XPS laptop over the wireless
connection without doing anything other than selecting the connection. No
user name or password is needed.

But to plug in directly into my cable modem, it does not work. Seems to
require user name and password. But I use Verizon and a Motorola SB5101
modem and while it is broadband, I did not think it is pppoe. I don't even
know of any user name or password for my account. Am I wrong, is all
broadband pppoe?

My internet connection works just fine without asking for pppoe login info
when I use my desktop with Windows XP. So, it seems to Vista specific
problem.

Can anyone pooint me in the right direction?
 
It's been my experience here with several flavors of Verizon Broadband that:
DSL uses some form of Point to Point Protocol (PPP), usually PPPoA
Early installations of FiOS (Fiber Optic to The Premise) used PPPoE
PPP over Ethernet. I recently moved, and now FiOS uses DHCP (Ethernet)
PPP Protocols usually don't care about PW authentication. MAC address...
usually.
Contact your ISP's Tech Support...

Chris
 
Re first reply, thanks, but I originally had wireless router and and it
worked, now I want to plug into the wireless modem directly sans router and I
can't connect since I don't think I have a user name and password with my
service.

Re second reply, also thanks and I guess "pppoa" is some info, but my real
question is why does vista want a user name and password for broadband access
when I did not have to do this with XP? I don't think my cable is pppoe, but
I must be missing somethin obvious.
 
With Vista, I can get internet for my new Dell XPS laptop over the
wireless connection without doing anything other than selecting the
connection. No user name or password is needed.

But to plug in directly into my cable modem, it does not work. Seems
to require user name and password. But I use Verizon and a Motorola
SB5101 modem and while it is broadband, I did not think it is pppoe.
I don't even know of any user name or password for my account. Am I
wrong, is all broadband pppoe?

My internet connection works just fine without asking for pppoe login
info when I use my desktop with Windows XP. So, it seems to Vista
specific problem.

Can anyone pooint me in the right direction?
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Have you....

Powered down the modem....
Powered down the laptop....
Connected the ethernet....
Powered up the modem....
Wait for sync....
Powered up the laptop....

In that order ?
 
Thanks, yes, took those basic steps again, same problem. Again, do all
broadband connections require a user name and password - I though pppoe was
basically just AOL?
 
DanS keyed me to check the adapter card. 2 cards. Wireless adapter card was
on, non-wireless card was disabled. Duh!
 
DanS keyed me to check the adapter card. 2 cards. Wireless adapter
card was on, non-wireless card was disabled. Duh!
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DOH !!! Things like that happen all the time.

It's working though, and that is what matters.
 
In answer to all of you, NO. Broadband can be PPPoE, PPPoA, Statically
assigned IP, Sticky IP, or straight DHCP, which is DSL over Ethernet. To get
to these options in Vista, instead of "Connect to a Network", just go to
"Manage Network Connections". If the NIC is enabled, you will have a Local
Area Connection. That's the one you're going to want to connect to for cable
connections. Cable is most generally MAC authenticated, so you don't need a
username and password. Hope that helps.
 
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