Windows XP help - How to change the internet connection type to LAN ?

R.Wieser wrote:
Hello all,

When installing the OS I got a question about how its connected to the
internet. I told it that it goes thru a (cable) modem, and now it regulary
asks me (when I initiate a search) if it can go online. Which is not really
usefull, as my cable modem causes me to be online all the time.

So, I would like to change the connection-type to LAN (indicating its always
connected), but have been unable to figure out where to change it. Google
isn't of any help here, and goint to settings - network connections doesn't
seem to lead me to where I need to be either.

The question is, where can I change (by GUI or by registry) the
connection-type of my internet connection?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

Control Panels : Network Connections : Create a new connection (left sidebar)

Your Local Area Connection can have a number after it.
Mine is the second one I've formed with my Marvell Yukon NIC.

Local Area Connection 2

If you make a new one, it might increment the number on the end.
Or, perhaps that happens when you do a driver update.

You can see in the photo here, mine managed to get LAN status (somehow).

https://s26.postimg.org/4t37s56ux/ne...ion_wizard.gif

As far as I know, you can have more than one conectoid per hardware
interface. The items in the right pane, have right-click options
such as "disable" and "delete" to aid in setup.

If you connect directly to a broadband device which is bridged (no router),
the broadband device typically speaks PPPOE or PPPOA. PPP is the very
same "point to point protocol" used for dialup. It sends a username and
password to the ISP, then decodes and strips PPP overhead from Ethernet
packets.

That protocol is normally terminated by the broadband device itself,
if you leave the router in the box enabled (that is how it comes from
your ISP). That would be "routed mode". The four Ethernet ports on
the back of the box, then speak regular Ethernet packets, and that
corresponds to "vanilla LAN" mode. No username and password is
needed on the Windows side, for that to work. Windows feels it is
"always connected".

Whereas if the computer terminates PPPOE (because the broadband box is
bridged), Windows needs a username and password for PPP ISP authentication,
something that would normally have been stored inside the broadband
modem/router.

On my Windows 7 box at one time, I think I had two connectoids.
One for plugging the computer straight into an ADSL modem (uses password).
A second for plugging into the router instead (no username/password). And
the OS seemed to be able to switch between those, with no help
from me. Normally, I don't need to visit that panel, once the OS
install is finished, as I don't really like changing the LAN
setup. It can take quite a while to get it tweaked properly,
which is why I tend to leave it alone. Now that my VOIP box is
connected to that mess, that goes double. I don't want to break
my only phone connection.

Paul