Here's the latest on my attempt to do the impossible; SBC Yahoo sent me a bad DSL filter. That's why I wasn't getting the sync light. As soon as I replaced it, the modem got sync.
Well, I couldn't access any of the SpeedStream 5100 modem's features. I guess SBC Yahoo uses proprietary firmware because the modem is supposed to support NAT/DHCP/PPPoE. It's also supposed to be configurable through a web interface on a private IP. That's according to the Siemens web site (maker of the modem). Looks like SBC ships the modem with that stuff disabled and there's no way to enable it. I set up a PPPoE connection on the Win XP workstation and logged in to the SBC network no problem. Using the default login from the "just say no to the CD" article, I was able to access the SBC registration site and get a user ID and password. I had to bail out during the registration process because there was on way to "skip" when the web site wanted to update the SBC Yahoo installation software, but the UID and password went through ok anyway. After I verified the connection was working properly, I reconfigured things for use with the D-Link DI604 router. The router was super easy to set up and it auto-configured itself for the most part. Everything was working, but when I logged out of the PPPoE connection, the router was unable to log in again. Anybody know what's up with that? Before all this, I told my client to give GBIS a call because they are network friendly. I told them there would likely be problems getting a DSL connection from someone like SBC to support a private network. The SBC response to anything out of line with the standard single home user setup is, "Sorry, we don't support that" or "You're not allowed to do that," like there's some kind of SBC network police. But my client insisted on saving a few bucks by going with that horrible SBC Yahoo. Boy, you get what you pay for. I told them I'd give it one last shot with getting this funky setup going. Otherwise, I'm gonna have Bruce hook them up (literally and figuratively). Things like this make me appreciate the flexibility of GBIS (my provider). So why do ISP's use that hideous PPPoE? What's wrong DHCP? Are they paranoid that someone is going to hack a connection into their network or something? Ok guys, thanks for reading and responding to my posts. - Craig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Lipson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:16 PM Subject: [RLUG] RE: SBC DSL I set this up for a friend . They received a Speedstream 5360 "DSL modem", and already had a 802.11B base-station (D-link DI-711, a slightly old model). The D-link is easily set-up for PPPoE - the only slightly tricky thing was to get the username/password - which is done by accessing some SBC web site. My friend's package came with instructions and a CD for Windoze, and instructions for MAC. The MAC instructions were fairly helpful in locating the registration web site (to obtain the PPPoE username/password), all else was quite straighforward. I found it useful to have ANOTHER ISP available in order to complete the registration process - as the PPPoE registration username/password didn't seem to provide me much joy in getting to the reg. web site. We'be also used a Belkin router/hub in this configuration. If the SpeedStream modem you're discussing is significantly different than this - accept my apologies for wasted time. Regards, Sam _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
