From: "Gen Phreak" <genphreak at gmail dot com>

> When one turns it off, the Idle timeout greys out.  I interpreted the
> interface to mean that if one wants one's connection to be
> automatically established and maintained by the router, these features
> should be enabled.

> I've just turned it off, and once the right time comes I will reboot
> to see if the PPPoE interface re-establishes itself.

> Is this what it will do in your experience?

All of my PPPoE interfaces look like this.  I changed the username and 
password, of course...  They are rock solid, and auto-reconnect.

                        Lee