Date: 12/28/05 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

Ok, i'm having a problem.

I have windows 98, and earthlink DSL. I recently downloaded a dialer called "winpoet" to connect, because I kept getting disconected without it. The connection is much more stable since i've been using it, but the problem i'm having now, is that I cannot get it to auto-connect upon startup. Earthlink tech support told me to switch to "bridged mode" and download winpoet, to fix my connection issues, so I did.

I'm using windows 98's dial-up networking instead of winpoet's interface (because I don't like winpoet's connection interface), and it works fine, but the problem i'm having is upon startup. I've set the connection to automatically load and connect at startup, but that's not working because I cannot connect without "winpppoverethernet.exe" (installed with winpoet) loaded first. I think the problem is that the dial-up networking connection is loading before "winpppoverethernet.exe" is loaded, and therefore will not connect itself at startup. It loads only a moment later, and when I press the "Connect" button on the dial-up networking connection window, it instantly connects.

So, is there any way to get "winpppoverethernet.exe" to load before the connection box comes up? because I cannot connect to the internet at all unless "winpppoverethernet.exe" is already loaded (it's already set to load everytime at startup.) I'd rather not connect manually everytime my computer restarts.

Thanks!

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