I hat to point it out but 95 is going on 8 years old and is quite
obsolete (which is why MS refuses to support it any longer)

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Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:09 AM
To: Enrique LaRoche
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Subject: RE: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless


<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...
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> Subject: RE: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless
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> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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