How do I force terminate PPP connection?

My PPPoE is set to "Connect automatically when needed", and my login items include Dropbox. Therefore my MBP automatically tries to connect to PPPoE every time when it wakes up from sleep. However, most of the time the connection would fail, staying in the "Connecting..." status forever; no internet available. To terminate this awkward status I clicked "Disconnect", then it just switched to "Disconnecting…" and stayed there forever, not allowing me to reconnect. The problem can be solved only by rebooting the computer, and can be avoided if I disable "Connect automatically when needed" (manual connection always works).
If I want to have "Connect automatically when needed" enabled, how do I force terminate and retry the connection everytiwhen it fails?

You could try, in Network Preferences, selecting the PPPoE service then use the drop-down menu at the bottom of the panel and choose Make Service Inactive.
Would it not be better to remove Dropbox from your login items?

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