<Rant Mode> Yeah, just try doing it on a windows 95 box or on a box that doesn't have IE 5.5 or later ALREADY INSTALLED. In the end, I had to pull out my laptop, run WinXP in VMWare just so that I could complete the freakin' PPPoE registration process with IE 6. And all of this was because the idiots at SBC had set up a "super-duper" IE-specific javascript form that tried to correct mistakes for you. If they had added a simple HTML form for those of us who are using, oh say, Macs or older windoze boxes, it would have been CUSTOMER FRIENDLY...
Grrr, I wasted far too much time with their idiotic setup procedure, I'm glad that I didn't set up any of the privacy-infringing yahoo stuff. Have you looked at the Yahoo-SBC terms of service and their privacy policy, btw? Whew! Just the bandwidth, please. </Rant mode> Dave On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 09:58, Enrique LaRoche wrote: > Now I know why my customers are willing to pay for my help on these issues. > You can load the Enternet software with no bad effects. > I have it loaded on win xp win 2k pro 98 me etc... This is not a problem. > It can even be helpful to have it installed if you need to trouble shoot > with SBC support. > Loading their software wont do anything bad to your computer. > What a load of smelly Cod's heads... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless > > > Only problem with that is for a NEW SBC customer. My brother just signed > up, and they mail you all your equipment and REQUIRE you to load their CD on > your system and connect directly to complete your installation. The only > way around this is to sign up on line, so you can pick your user name and > password before they activate your account. This is very important, as > loading their softwrae will DESTROY your ability to do anything with that > computer ever again......if you must load it, I suggest getting an old > pentium pc and loading the crap on that, so you won't care when it destroys > your system. Once you have your user name and password setup, then follow > the first posts instructions. Make CERTAIN that you DISABLE the remote > administration on any Linksys router as there are multiple vulnerabilities > in it. Other than that, I have helped several others set up this way, and > am running this way myself, very happily, for over two years. Very seldom > necessary to reboot unless you are running something pre-win2k...... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris McDaniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:23 AM > To: David L. Sifry; r jain > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless > > > The Linksys BEFW11S4 router can also establish the PPPoE connection so you > don't have install any of the applications supplied by Yahoo! SBC DSL on you > computer. > At the bottom of the Setup tab page in your Linksys router, select the PPPoE > login method with your SBC login name/password and the Keep Alive option. > Then go to the Status tab page and press the Connect button. The router > will then display a message indicating that you are connected. Everything > should work fine after waiting about 30 seconds for your computer and router > to re-synch with this new PPPoE connection. > Sometimes I do have to reboot my laptop and WSB11 Linksys Wireless Bridge > after I re-connect my router to my SBC connection. But once I connect, I > leave my router on with the connection alive and only reboot my router about > once a week. > Works with WEP and MAC filtering, too. > -chris > "David L. Sifry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A linksys BEFW11S4 works great - connect the WAN hookup to the DSL > modem, and you've got a 5 port hub for ethernet as well as 802.11b > wireless. You configure PPPoE on the WPC-11. > > They run about $90 on Amazon and there's a $10 rebate - $80 is a sweet > deal. > > Dave > > On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 20:24, r jain wrote: > > Friends: > > > > First, if this has been already answered - my apologies (could not > > find in archives in 1/2 hr of search) > > > > I just signed up with SBC DSL and was given a SpeedStream DSL Modem > > with one ethernet port to connect to a computer/laptop. > > > > I want to add wireless network and am at a lost except to buy a $800 > > or so option from SBC. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > --rajiv > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________! ___________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > -- > David L. Sifry > GPG Key: http://www.sifry.com/david/key.html > Key Fingerprint: 7E60 4EDE EB5F AA2D 2F25 8CD3 FE17 C4F8 BDE8 D1B0 > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > Chris McDaniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- David L. Sifry GPG Key: http://www.sifry.com/david/key.html Key Fingerprint: 7E60 4EDE EB5F AA2D 2F25 8CD3 FE17 C4F8 BDE8 D1B0 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
