摘要 |
An automatic Internet access method using a digital subscriber line includes: upon receiving an automatic Internet access program install request from a user, installing a PPPoE device driver including a PPPoE adapter and an NDISWAN (Network Driver Interface Specification Wide Area Network) miniport driver, and an ADSL monitoring tool which is an application program for informing the user whether ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) is connected, in a user PC; upon power on of the user PC, attempting automatic Internet access by the PPPoE device driver on WINDOWS(TM) over a device driver, and interposing between TCP/IP and the PPPoE device driver a PPP/PPPoE module for informing the user of a current connection state through the ADSL monitoring tool under the control of the device driver; receiving a user ID and a password input by the user through a user interface while installing the PPPoE device driver in the user PC, and storing the received user ID and password in a registry; and upon power on of the user PC, attaining by the device driver user authentication from a NAS server on the Internet using the user ID and the password stored in the registry, and performing Internet access.
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