Configuring PPPoE on my WiFi router instead of my Fiber Optic modem

Hi,

I have a Fiber Optic connection at home, where the Fiber Optic modem is connected to my WiFi router. The problem is that in order to connect to the Internet, I have to first connect to the WiFi (WPA2) and then dial-in via PPPoE into the Internet. I provide the ISP username and password in the second step.

I am using Windows 7, and have created the PPPoE connection as shown in the attached screenshots.

I have to connect to this PPPoE every time I need to connect to the Internet. I have had to configure this on all my laptops, and have to connect using each individual machine where I need an Internet connection. This is a big pain, as you can imagine. Further, I want to connect my Nexus One to the home WiFi Internet connection, but since it doesn't have PPPoE support, I can't do this.

I went to my router settings (3Com 3CRWDR200A-75), and found something that seemed promising. In the Internet Settings section, I saw a place to provide the PPPoE username and password.

However, this hasn't helped. I still have to connect using the PPPoE connection in Windows

Does anybody have any ideas/tips? Any help would be appreciated, as this is getting frustrating.

Cheers,
Wild Thing

 

If you are providing the necessary login information in the modem, then you do not need to choose pppoe in windows, just choose the other option it gives you (wireless, according to your screenshot)

 

If the PPPOE is configured corretly in the WAN side of the Router then you connection is always On as long as the Router is On 9even if all the computers are Off).

You have to set your browser Not to use Dial up or similar menus, but to be connected directly to the LAN (Network).