I have AT&T DSL service and have a Linksys BEFSR41 router through which two computers (both XP Home SP2) are connected to the internet.Sometimes the connection was lost and I could connet through Start>Connect to>AT&T DSL Service. But after I formatted one computer, it does not connect through the above steps. It does seem connected on startup but if it loses connection, the only way to get it back is to restart the system. Start>Connect to>AT&T DSL Service shows a message "Dialing AT&T DSL Service ..." and then gives error 678. If connected directly to the modem I can connect but not through the router. I reconfigured the router several times but the results are the same. Please help me.
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If your DSL connection account requires a login and password, such as "johnuser@att.net", you're probably using a PPPoE connection. The easiest way would be to configure the Linksys to have the user name and password settings instead of keeping it in bridge (passthrough) mode. You could then have the Linksys device act as the DHCP server and hand out addresses. The machines on your network should get an address and automatically connect to the internet.
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by: gkumaranPosted on 2006-01-02 at 00:34:26ID: 15590153
Once you get connected to Linksys BEFSR41, then you don't need to connect via the Start Menu. You just open the IE (Internet Explorer) and try to browse.
Here are some setting you need to maintain on IE -> Options -> Connection. Make sure, that you have option, Never Dial a connection. Also under the LAN Setting, you have NO option Selected.