Error message pops up saying "Network Connection could not find a 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?
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.

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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.
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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?
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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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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?
Thanks,
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If the songs still do not download, next I recommend downloading the songs when connected to another network. For example, if you are using the cellular network, you could switch to Wi-Fi, or you could try an alternate Wi-Fi network. Follow the steps in the section titled "iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch > Music" in the article below to download the songs:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
If you are still not able to download the songs, you can report an issue with these purchases using the steps in this article:
How to report an issue with your iTunes Store, App Store, Mac App Store, or iBookstore purchase
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
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