Could not find a PPPoE server.

Broadband connects and runs fine but I keep getting a window pop up with "Internet Connect. Could not find a PPPoE server." I keep closing it!
Mini Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Hi Roger,
Your profile doesn't say where you are but it's probable that you shouldn't be trying to connect over PPPoE.
Have a look at my advice in This Thread and see if that does the trick.
Best of luck,
Adrian
ibook G4 1GHz, 768mb; iMac 17" G4:768mb (10.3.9) Mac OS X (10.4.6) Belkin WiFi F5D7632

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Any idea how to fix it?

In the Network pane of System Prefences, do you have duplicate services on the left column? When you "set it up again", you might have duplicated a service and both (the good working one and the previous that lost connection) might be trying to connect at the same time.

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Do you need to "spoof" the MAC address of the router or hub? some ISPs actually read and register the hardware MAC address of the first two devices downlinked. Modem and router, modem and G4, etc.
I stopped using a hub once switches got inexpensive and routers came with switch capability. Now have an all in one modem + router/switch which simplifies setup, wires, and only one device to worry about (but have backup modem and router etc from before in case anything should happen).
Possible that something happened. Or that your router needs to be reset. Or that a storm did something while you were gone, though you seem to have swapped devices enough to rule that part out. Or a bad cat5 cable that a mouse or cat gnawed on.
My guess is set the Linksys to the same MAC address of the hub you were using or call Earthlink again (hard I know) and have them re-authenticate the new router's MAC address.
Do you have a surge protector in front of your modem? and again an RJ45 filter before it goes out to your router or G4? I put all my equipment on APC UPS and going through surge and line protection to protect ethernet ports and equipment.

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I am trying to update my wife's iBook, 2,1 for my mom to use. It is running OS 10.6.8. Every time I wake up the computer an error message pops up saying "Network Connection could not find a PPPoe Server." It does it periodically when the computer is on. It will drive my mom nuts and worry her. Can anyone help me stop this from happening?
Thanks,
KC

Hello kevinfromwauwatosa,
Thanks for the question. The following article provides the most relevant information to your issue:
Troubleshooting "A connection failure has occurred", "The specified server could not be found" or similar messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1843
For additional information see this resource:
Mac OS X: Troubleshooting a PPPoE Internet Connection
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1871
Thanks,
Matt M.

Internet Connect Could not find a PPPoE server

We just bought the new MacBook Pro and set it all up ok and yesterday bought a D-Link Wireless ADSL router.
We can get onto the D-Link network fine and full signal is shown but when we try to connect the error "Internet Connect: Could not find a PPPoE server" comes up.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
I looked at a couple of other threads with similar tpics but none of them seemed to help me :S
Do I just need to contact BT about it as they are our server or is it something setup wrongly?
I hope you can help me
Lizi

ok, thanks
I've done that but it still doesn't work
whats VPN? and do I have to fill in that first(ie. Server address, not that i know what it would be, Account name and Password)? and PTTP or L2TP?
this s totally conusing me...

My internet continually disconnects. When I added my airport express, I had to call Verizon (my provider) and have them "bridge" my modem. Ever since, my connection constantly disconnects and puts up the message "Could not find a PPPoE server".

My internet continually disconnects. When I added my airport express, I had to call Verizon (my provider) and have them "bridge" my modem. Ever since, my connection constantly disconnects and puts up the message "Could not find a PPPoE server".
Any ideas? I probably have something wrong in my computer settings.

You should restore your modem to router condition and set the Airport Express to 'Bridge Mode'. A full explanation and the method of doing this is here:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/airport.html

Error Msg: "internet connect" "could not find a pppoe server"

Hi,
I'm a mac newbie and am having problems with my new MacBook that I just bought and setup yesterday. When the setup asst is asking questions when I first started the computer, I mistakenly chose connect via pppoe. Then, when the setup asst ended, I realized my mistake (b/c I am using a dsl connection that I plug in through my ethernet port), went into system preferences--network-- and chose ethernet, using DHCP. Now I am able to connect to the internet and get my mail, but I keep getting a pop-up window called "Internet Connect" that says "Could not find a PPPOE server". Can someone tell me what I need to change? Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Discussions:
In Network Preferences, where you setup the DHCP, click configure again and select Create PPPoE service, and remove/undo whatever you entered in those dialog boxes. Then re-select DHCP.
Leave the default name, PPPoE but just remove everything else.
If there are any check boxes to connect via PPPoE, be sure they are unchecked.
If that does not help, then in your user library/preferences directory, drag the following file to the desktop and reboot
com.apple.internetconnect.plist
That should take care of it.
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"Could not find a PPPoE server" help

"Could not find a PPPoE server" this is the message I get when I try to connect to the internet via my wireless netgear modem. I have other Pcs which use this modem and all work fine (non of them are Macs) I have previously been able to connect using my Mac but I haven't been on for while. I tried recently and this is the message I get.
It shows that the connection to my network is very good but it cannot find a PPPoE server.
I have gone to System Preferences>Network>PPPoE where it shows my 'service provider' 'account name' and 'password'. The password is only showing 8 digits but my actual password for my wireless network has 10 digits, each time I try to change the password and click 'apply' it overrides it and puts the password back to 8 digits.
How can I solve this problem and get my mac to connect to my wireless network?

Thank you for your reply, I followed your instructions and found the password for my network in keychain access>show password as you suggested, it shows my password is the very same password that I have been trying to use.
I deleted the old airport account and used the assistant to set up a new account, it asks me to select the network I wish to join and then asks me to put in my selected network password. I put in my password exactly as written in the keychain access and it says "sorry the password you entered is invalid"
I have deleted the password in keychain access and retyped it and pressed save, tried the new account process again and it still says 'invalid password'
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Network Connection - could not find a PPPoE server

This question is different from other similar ones I've read.
I have a Windows box that I use every day, connected to DSL by ethernet to a D-Link modem/router. I frequently connect/disconnect my MacBook Pro 10.6.8 and, until recently, all was well. It would be online as soon as it booted up. Now, while my Windows machine still gets online fine, MacBook says my ethernet is connected, but I can't get online. My DHCP is fine, but when I click the connect button for PPPoE, I get the message "Network Connection - could not find a PPPoE server". I didn't look but I'm assuming it was using both DHCP and PPPoE when it was working properly.
Took it to the shop and as soon as they plugged it in, it was online, with both the DHCP and PPPoE working.
My ISP says it must be a driver issue for PPPoE, something to do with the configuration. So 2 shops say they can only fix it by coming to my home, instead of me taking it in to them. Are they correct, or how can I fix it myself, bearing in mind that I'm fairly new with this?

Hi Grant,
Got a different person at my ISP today, she says I have a dynamic IP address, so both my computers only need DHCP. We walked through my Windows machine network screen and it is definitely set up with just DHCP (just like the Mac). But she couldn't tell me why Windows was working and Mac wasn't. Which makes me wonder why the Apple shop told me to click on connect PPPoE!
She said when I took my Mac to the shop and both DHCP and PPPoE were showing as active, only the DHCP was needed and actually doing anything. And she couldn't tell me why I couldn't just take my Mac plus the router into the shop and get it set up there.
My UN and PW were 'admin', and I changed them long ago. Your instructions were identical to the router manual, but she couldn't tell me how to change them back to my chosen names if I followed those instructions. She also said a new router might fix the problem.
Everybody seems to have different ideas (in addition to the 2 sales pitches), and I'll admit that I'm concerned that if I re-set the router it might mess up Windows so it doesn't work either. So I'm frozen!

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Advanced troubleshooting for Sync Services on Windows with Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, or Outlook 2010
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my new roommate has a belkin n wireless router connected to a cable modem which functions perfectly on her pc laptop. i am trying to connect my MacBook Pro to the router using her WEP password. this all works fine and my System Preferences/Network/Status shows that AirPort is connected with full strength, but i cannot load any web pages (i have not yet been able to load any pages at all using this router). the page load error reads "Firefox can't find the server at www.cnn.com" and "The browser could not find the host server for the provided address".
I spoke with Belkin support and they say the router is functioning properly, that is a problem with my mac.
When I go to Network Diagnostics, the status shows all green and says "This computer's Internet connection appears to be operating normally. Are you sure you want to use Network Diagnostics?
Could this be a firewall issue? A couple people have suggested that, but I'm not sure how to fix that.
I have tried rebooting the router and cable modem, rebooting the mac, etc.
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thank you!
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how do I know if the router has useful DNS servers? i am looking at the settings of the router on the pc that is online.
Somewhere in the settings of the router should be the DNS servers that it is using. Since the router is offering via DHCP to do DNS translation for your Mac, it must have useful DNS servers listed.
There are "public" DNS servers. I have no experience with it, but this Web page describes one from Google:
http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/
Supposedly Google has a DNS server at IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 that you might try. Since the DNS server setting on your Mac is grayed out, as a test you might try noting the setting in the "TCP/IP" tab of your AirPort connection item of the Network panel of System Preferences. Then switch from "Using DHCP" to "Manually", fill in the values you just noted, switch to the DNS tab and fill in Google's DNS addresses, and see if things work better.
do you have any other suggestions of where to seek help???
Perhaps a Belkin discussion group?

Error message keeps popping up "Network Connection could not find PPPoe Server"

I am trying to update my wife's iBook, 2,1 for my mom to use. It is running OS 10.6.8. Every time I wake up the computer an error message pops up saying "Network Connection could not find a PPPoe Server." It does it periodically when the computer is on. It will drive my mom nuts and worry her. Can anyone help me stop this from happening?
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I connect to internet wireless and have no problems except I continue to get a popup saying "could not find PPPoe server". I just say ok but it continues to come up every so often. How can I stop it from continually coming up? This just started recently but I can't think of anything I have done that would cause it.

I am getting this same message. When I have the computer on a Could Not Connect To PPPOE Server box keeps coming up every few minutes or so, even if I don't have a web browser launched. I have cable internet through Time Warner Cable. I am using a dual-core Intel Mac Pro with Mac Os 10.5.8. I've had this set up for about two years and ut never used to be a problem, but a few months ago these error meassages started popping up out of no where. Even wierder is that I am connected to the internet with my cable modum, but the computer is still telling me that I'm not. I have called Time Warner and Apple several times, but no one can see where the problem is.
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"Could not find PPPoE server" sudden error on DSL connection

I am having a serious issue I can't seem to solve.
I currently have two laptops running:
One PowerBookG4 running Tiger that stays connected to the internet through a regular DSL modem, and shares the signal through wifi to another laptop, a MacBookPro that connects by airport.
I have had this configuration for two years and never had any problems.
Recently my network service had a shutdown and came back up in a few hours. Ever since then - without ever changing any configurations - the PowerBook continuously gives me the error "Could not find PPPoE server".
But it is not a network problem because when I plug the cable into the MacBook Pro - that has the EXACT same network configurations as the PowerBook - it connects just fine.
My internet provider explained that it could be a configuration problem caused randomly and that I need to fix it, but I have no idea how to do it. Already scanned the disk, repaired permissions, everything seems fine.
My PPPoE username and password are correct.
Will I have to reinstall the system? Any help would be very very appreciated.

Hi Fernanda , and a warm welcome to the forums!
The Interface that connects to the Internet, needs to be drug to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations and checked ON. So drag Ethernet up there on the PB if it isn't.
I don't think it'll require a reinstall, first let's drag these files to the Desktop, reboot, and setup everything again...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.internetconnect.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.networkConnect.<12 digit number>.plist
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

AirPort: "Could not find PPPoE": Other threads = No Answers

I searched though several threads from this forum (and other forums) and have yet to find the answer to my problem.
The AirPort on my MacBook Pro (still have Mac OS X 10.4.11) works on college campus, free WiFi at coffee shops and in hotels, but it does not work at my parents house or my brothers house. I put in the password and it searches for the PPPoE for a while and then comes back saying "Could not find PPPoE". I am limited in my computer knowledge so basic language is appreciated.
The router at my parents (the one I use most) is a:
Wireless - G 2.4 GHz
Broadband Router 802.11g
with Speed Booster
LINKSYS
The Mac Address or Base Station ID is correct in AirPort except for the very last letter. AirPort reads a 'D', but the router's sticker has on it that is should be a 'B'. I don't know if that makes a difference or not, but since AirPort does it automatically I don't see how to go in and fix that anyways.
Any suggestions or ideas about what is going on?

PPPoE stands for "point-to-point protocol over ethernet". It's an approach to virtual private networking (VPN) that works like the old method of dialing up and ISP using a telephone. In this case, however, instead of physically dialing over a phone and using a modem, you're making the "phone call" (actually no different than any other Internet connection) over the already existing network. What you are doing is using the network connection to connect to another computer somewhere, and that computer is then making all the other subsequent Internet connections on your behalf (acting as a sort of middle man).
Most people don't use PPPoE except to make certain types of VPN connections. However, some Internet service providers actually require it (you have to connect to the Internet by logging in through their proxy server).
The error means that the PPPoE connection that you usually use isn't working for any number of reasons.
"Could not find PPPoE" sounds like you've configured to connect to a device that has that name -- perhaps at school. Your parents probably have a device by a different name that requires a password of some sort (public places can often be connected to automatically without any interaction from you).
Go to the airport menu and search for available networks. One should be your parents', choose that one from the list. If there's isn't listed, you need to select "Join other network..." from the menu. You will also need to specify what sort of encryption they use, and the passkey to log in. Once done, you should be good. I can't guess whether the ESSID you are reading is that of your parents, or of another access point.
You might also want to go into the Network Preferences and make sure that you have your PPPoE network disabled. This is the virtual private network (VPN) that is confusing you and you likely don't need it.

Could not find a PPPoE server.

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