RE: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless

[Jason Johnson]

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I have SBC DSL and uninstalling their Enternet app was no big deal.  I didn't suffer any PC problems after uninstalling it.  The reason they require it is because their signup process is electronic and automated -- once you sign up and get your username/password you can dump their software and put the required info into your broadband router and you're set!

 

I've done this for several clients with no problems.  If their software "destroys" your PC, maybe you have other issues such as a broken Windows installation or some missing files or something.  All their software does is install some network drivers to do the PPoE and set your NIC to use DHCP.  You can easily change these settings back after uninstalling their app.

 

To say that their software "will DESTROY your ability to do anything with that computer ever again" is going a little too far.

 

--Jason

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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......

 

 

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From: Chris McDaniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:23 AM
To: David L. Sifry; r jain
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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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