PPPoE with Vista

[dragon]

Is there a way to turn off Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet for Vista? Turns out this is why I keep getting disconnected from WoW, at least according to the WoW tech people.

[phongn]

Is there a way to turn off Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet for Vista? Turns out this is why I keep getting disconnected from WoW, at least according to the WoW tech people.

Are you sure you can disable PPPoE?

[rapidsquirrel]

I would be very surprised if it was on. PPPoE is a pretty uncommon protocol for Desktop machines. Maybe check the Network and Sharing Center and see if you have a PPPoE connection setup?

Did they give you some reasons why they thought PPPoE was the problem?

[Braedley]

Uh, actually, it's required by some DSL ISPs. Mine for instance if you're using one of their newer modems. Otherwise, AFAIK, it shouldn't be active unless it's in use.

[rapidsquirrel]

Uh, actually, it's required by some DSL ISPs. Mine for instance if you're using one of their newer modems. Otherwise, AFAIK, it shouldn't be active unless it's in use.

Well sure, I have a firewall computer that uses it too. But I also had to go out of my way to find a DSL modem that would allow me to connect that way. Most DSL modems (obviously not the ones that your ISP uses) handle the whole PPP thing by themselves. But I think we can safely agree that either dragon needs PPPoE or it's probably not turned on.

Dragon, what's your internet setup like anyways? Do you even have DSL?