Verizon DSL with DHCP and PPPoE

Hello,
I recently signed up for Verizon DSL (with a Westell 6100 modem) and I am connecting to it through a graphite Airport base station. It was initially set to use DHCP in the TCP/IP section. It would connect to the internet properly but after I stop using my computer for a few hours, I have to restart the base station in order to get the connection again. It was annoying to say the least.
Then switch to using PPPoE instead of DHCP. Now it works OK. Everytime I turn on my Mac, all I have to do is select my wireless network and I'm connected.
Could someone explain to me why, with DHCP, I had to restart my base station everytime?
Thanks a lot!

Hock, Welcome to the discussion area!
If your ISP requires PPPoE, it sounds like yours does, then you must PPPoE. Using DHCP in that situation usually doesn't work at all. You must have a neighbor or someone else on the network with an active DHCP server. Your ISP won't like that when they discover it.

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