Weird PPPOE behavior in Windows 8

Dellius

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I have been experiencing some weird problems with my PPPOE connection ever since I upgraded to Windows 8.

1. Windows will never autodial the connection. Regardless of settings. When I thick the checkbox in "Connect Automatically", and click connect, next time the dialog pops, it will be unthicked again and it will wait for me to click the connect button.

-I have made the connection available to all users by selecting "Allow all users on this computer to connect through this connection" and "Remember my credentials".

-I have set it as "Default" in Internet Options and selected "Always Dial My Default Connection".

-I created the connection as "Broadband (PPPOE)" in the setup wizard as it should be.

2. Windows will eventually disconnect the connection.

-I have unthicked the mark in the Power Management box on my NIC "Allow Windows to Turn off this device" so the NIC will always stay powered on.

-Unselected "Disconnect when connection may no longer be needed" from Internet Options and set in PPPOE Options "Idle time before hanging up" to "never".

My network setups is as follows.

I use LAN as my connection type, with no modem in the middle. The LAN cable goes directly into the NIC and from there I set up the connection within Windows as "Boardband (PPPOE)", which is my only choice in the setup wizard, enter my user and pass and connect. There is no modem, it's a LAN connection with PPPOE authentication.

Here is my question.

1. How do I get Windows to always connect to this connection, as soon as Windows starts, or resumes from Sleep, even before I log into Windows.

2. How do I get Windows to always stay connected and not drop me.

3. How do I get this thing to connect silently, without any dialog boxes and pop ups and confirmation buttons, entirely in the background, without bothering me. Linux does it, Mac OS X does it, only Windows seems to be unable to do it. I am sick of looking at this stupid dialog box every time.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Enterprise
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    i7 920
    Motherboard
    DX58SO
    Memory
    Kingston 8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX580 Phantom
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG D2342P-PN
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB
    Seagate Barracuda 500GB - eSATA
    PSU
    Corsair 850W
    Keyboard
    Razer Anansi
    Mouse
    Razer Naga Epic
    Internet Speed
    50Mbps/50Mbps
Update - Windows 8 just prompted me to "Auto Disconnect" because the connection has been inactive for 20m, despite of everything I've done in #1 to prevent that. I managed to select the box "Don't use autodisconnect" on time and so far it hasn't disconnected me, but for future reference, where should I look for that setting when I set up new PPPOE connections, because it's obviously not where the other "Dis-connection" settings are and is independent of them.

The other problems still apply though - Windows will not auto connect when I resume the machine from sleep or reboot it, unless I login and tell it to do so, and it will still show that messy, old dialog box, making me feel as if I still have a 56K modem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Enterprise
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    i7 920
    Motherboard
    DX58SO
    Memory
    Kingston 8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX580 Phantom
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG D2342P-PN
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB
    Seagate Barracuda 500GB - eSATA
    PSU
    Corsair 850W
    Keyboard
    Razer Anansi
    Mouse
    Razer Naga Epic
    Internet Speed
    50Mbps/50Mbps
hi how to put PPOE auto connect in windows 8 ?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MSI
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz
    Motherboard
    P67A-G45 (B3)
    Memory
    Kingston 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 Dual
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire AMD Radeon HD7750 GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Asus XONAR-DS, 7.1 Channel
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LED Philips 23.6", Wide, Full HD, DVI
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 840 Pro 64GB SATA3, Seagate 1TB, 7200RPM SATA3
    PSU
    Sirtec 750W, ATX 2.3, PFC active
    Case
    Nox Cyclops Midi Tower
    Cooling
    Antec TriCool 80mm x2
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wired 600
    Mouse
    Genius Navigator 320 Blue
    Internet Speed
    100 GB/s
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