Well the problem I have with auto connect is after rebooting the router, or power cycling. It will not connect to ppoe session. I have to reset the modem as well. But i'm thinking that has to do with the modem. Almost as if it has a timer before it allows any other connections. Then again, I have to go into th emodem and see if it's ppoe session is disabled, because my other theory is that when the router looses connection, the modem dials the ppoe session and will not release it when the router comes back online.