Create a PPPoE client connection in Windows XP

You can install the PPPoE client just like you install any other dial-up networking connection.

NOTE - Windows XP PPPoE Client can sometimes have problems, if you are experiencing problems we recommend you download and try RASPPPOE client which is available from http://www.raspppoe.com/

To create a PPPoE client connection in Windows XP, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network and Internet Connections.
    

2. Click Network Connections, and then click Create a new connection in the Network Tasks pane.
    

3. After the Network Connection Wizard starts, click Next.
    

4. Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
    

5. Click Set up my connection manually, and then click Next.
    

6. Click either Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and password or Connect using a broadband connection that is always on.
    

7. Type the Internet service provider (ISP) name that Planet Broadband provided (PLANETBBAND), and then click Next.
    

8. Type the user name that you were provided with your Planet broadband Account.
    

9. Type the password that you were provided with your Planet broadband Account.

    

   Configuring the Internet Account Information
    

10. Type the password one more time to confirm it, and then click Next.
     

11. Click Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop.
     

12. Click Finish to complete the wizard.

 

PPPoE Service Names

Windows XP is designed so that you do not need to configure a PPPoE service name. Windows XP attempts to discover the service name automatically during the connection. This works for most users. However If a specific service name is required

1. Open Network Connections, right-click on your broadband connection, and then click Properties

2. On the General tab, enter the service name, then click OK.

3. Planet Broadband offer the following Service Names

1. PlanetBBand - Standard PPPoE service suitable for most users

2. PlanetBBandSecure - Encrypted PPPoE service for 256bit security and encapsulation

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)

There is no ability to configure the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of the PPPoE connection from the properties of the dial-up connection.

By default, a Windows XP PPPoE connection uses an MTU size that is 20 bytes less than the IP MTU of the LAN adapter over which the PPPoE packets are sent, which in most cases is 1480 bytes. The 20 bytes of overhead consist of the PPPoE header (6 bytes), the largest possible outer PPP header (4 bytes), the largest possible Multilink PPP header (4 bytes), the largest possible PPP header for compression and encryption (4 bytes), and the PPP header that identifies the actual packet being sent (2 bytes).

If a lower MTU is required, then do one of the following: 

(Note Maximum MTU should be set to 1480)

Manually change the MTU size for all non-VPN miniports by setting the following registry values on the computer running Windows XP. (This will change the MTU size for the Windows XP PPPoE miniport.) Change:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NdisWan\Parameters\Protocols\0\ProtocolType to 0x0800.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NdisWan\Parameters\Protocols\0\PPPProtocolType to 0x0021.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NdisWan\Parameters\Protocols\0\ProtocolMTU to the required MTU size. PPPoE will use the lesser of this value and the default (the LAN adapter MTU less 20).
  (The second solution is not recommended because it affects the MTU used by all miniports except the built-in VPN miniports.)

This information obtained from www.microsoft.com