Then, go to Control Panel ??? Internet Options, choose the Connections
tab, and select the Always dial my default connection option.
Connect automatically. To have Windows connect automatically when you
first start your computer, drag the connection from the Network Connections
window to your Startup folder.
Connect without asking. To skip the Connect dialog that asks for your username
and password each time, open the Network Connections window,
right-click the connection, and select Properties (or click the Properties
in the Connect window itself). Choose the Options tab, turn off the
Prompt for name and password, certificate, etc. option, and click OK.
Share a PPPoE connection. If you??™re using PPPoE in conjunction with Internet
Connection Sharing, discussed later in this chapter, and you??™ve
found that some web pages won??™t load on the client computers, see ???Fix
your shared Internet connection with a new MTU,??? later in this chapter.
Of course, the best way to live with PPPoE is to get a router and let it handle
the connection. It??™ll do a much better job than Windows will, plus it provides
a superb firewall and a very convenient means of sharing an Internet connection
among several PCs.
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The router is a sole unit (the little box with two antennas in Figure 7-20)
that plays a whole bunch of valuable roles on your network:
??? A switch, which connects all the PCs on your network to one another.
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