To configure Windows XP for a broadband connection using PPPoE

• Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.
• Under Network Tasks, click Create a new connection, and then click Next.
• Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
• Click Setup my connection manually, and then click Next.
• Click Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and password.
• In the Connection Name dialog box, type the name of the ISP. This becomes the name of the connection. Click Next.
• In the Internet Account Information dialog box shown in Figure 1 below, type the user name and password. Additional checkboxes allow you to specify whether this connection and its user name and password is available to all users (selected by default), whether this connection is your default Internet connection (selected by default), and whether to enable the Internet Connection Firewall on the connection (enabled by default). Make the appropriate selections, and then click Next.

Updated On: 12.07.11