If you are using XP then there is no need to install anything on your system, the PPoE client is built-in. This will allow you to go thru the setup screens and then you can use the uname & password on whatever router you want. Also (Shameless plug mode on) Why would you want to get DSL from a phone company when you could get it from a company that only does DSL? Covad allows wireless on their DSL lines. (Shameless plug mode off)
Thanks -d -----Original Message----- From: Enrique LaRoche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:18 AM To: David L. Sifry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless Do your registration on one of their dialup lines. or get IE6 Or use an older version of Enternet. Ultimately the Windoze world has a cost, "you kind of have to go along with the program" at least at some minimal level. -----Original Message----- From: David L. Sifry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:09 AM To: Enrique LaRoche Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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... > -----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 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
