PPPoe and Wireless

When connecting to my ISP with a wireless connection I have to setup a PPPoe account to login to
the network. This is achieved by:
1. Connecting to the Wireless Network by clicking on the "network status" on the taskbar and
selecting the listed wireless network.
2. Open a command line, and type "sudo pppoeconf" at the prompt. This will detect your network
interfaces and will create the pppoe configuration for you. This file is located in /etc/ppp/peers and
is called dsl-provider. This is what my file looks like:
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# Minimalistic default options file for DSL/PPPoE connections
noipdefault
defaultroute
replacedefaultroute
hide-password
#lcp-echo-interval 30
#lcp-echo-failure 4
noauth
persist
#mtu 1492
#persist
#maxfail 0
#holdoff 20
plugin rp-pppoe.so eth1
usepeerdns
user "yourusername"
************************************EOF****************************************
3. Connect to your ISP by opening a prompt and type " sudo pon dsl-provider"
4. To disconnect: "sudo poff dsl-provider"

You might want to read this forum for a nice app called ppptray:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=534709
Alternatively make use of pppstatus for monitoring etc.