When attempting to access the Internet, using a dial up connection, you may experience “PPP Error 718“. This means that the computer could not establish a connection to the Internet. The PPP prefix of the error is defined as “Point-to-Point Protocol” and it is a protocol (set of instructions) that are used between two computers over a serial interface, such as dial up. PPP is used in dial up to connect the computer to a server via means of a serial modem. The error can occur for a variety of reasons, such as faulty drivers or a simple mistype of the user name.

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