dial up prompt on broadband

I said I would wait on buying a laptop but it went on sale and could not resist. 4gig / 17" HD /Blueray / 9600MGT... Any way I can access the internet wireless with no issues. But when I put a net cable direct from the modem to the machine I get a dial up prompt asking for Username and password. It must be a setting that needs changing...I hope. (my desktop works fine) The laptop has vista 64 OS with IE7 preloaded. Any ideas on how to fix? (I do not have a wireless router yet, just a cable modem, and I ran few tests of the wireless off all my nice neighbors )

this is dsl
which still has to login to connect much like dial-up

i'd recomend not connecting the modem directly to ur pc...
get a router, which auto-connects on start-up

u can get ur laptop to auto-connect on boot-up
but teh prob wit this would be that if ur not connected thru teh ethernet cable
(i.e. ur on teh road)
it will attempt to try and find and connect to this connection still

best fix would be to "remember username and password"
(or as i mentioned earlier...buy a router)

edit:
found this on a random google search
(oh, and if u use classic-style control panel...skip step2)

Actually, with DSL, the connection is made through the modem. In order to log in the network, one must head to the modem's address (possibly http://192.168.1.100 or something similar) and log in with that Interface, but I am not 100% sure on this. I've never really had Dial Up dialogue box appear, especially on broadband. x_x















As a reminder, 192.168.1.100, or most anything else in the 192.XXX.XXX.XXX range are network IPs, meaning they'll only go to internal network computers. My computer's IP is 192.168.100.150, but my external IP address will be much different.

that depends on the modem. newer modems will have the dialing features incorporated already, so you only need to access 192.168.x.x (substitute x with numbers) to see the settings. older dsl modems will require you to dial for it, either with your router or your computer.

either way, dsl connections will all use PPPoE. the only difference is where that is handled (on the modem itself, or by your router/computer).

Using the Internet Connection Wizard, you can set up a connection in Vista for your cable. DSL and cable should be similar, as the modem does the logging in as it syncs a connection. Simply follow the wizard and at the part where it asks what type of connection, select the option for the always on connection that does not require a login.

If you have a wireless connection setup, then you may have to choose a default connection after setting up the cable connection. While I am not savvy on the ways of Vista, I'm sure that it can be done somewhere in your Internet Connection options.