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From: "***** charles"
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Subject: Re: DSL service.
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:00:18 GMT
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"Franz Fripplfrappl" wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:17:46 +0000, clay wrote:
>
> > Franz Fripplfrappl wrote:
> >> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:17:37 -0800, Jim wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am in contact with the local phone company here in Nevada (AT&T) and
> >>> they seem to insist that I need to be running windows to install their
> >>> modem into my network.
> >>>
> >>> They specify W2K, XP or Mac as required to install and use their
> >>> service. I tell them that a browser is a browser, but they are just
> >>> reading off their instruction sheet.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know of a contact within AT&T that has some knowledge.
> >>>
> >>> -Jim
> >>
> >> I got the same song and dance with sbcglobal which is now att. Your
> >> Linux box will recognize an Internet connection and modem. What you
will
> >> have to do is activate your account and dsl modem via the att setup
> >> website. If you have a computer still connected through your old
> >> provider, do the registration and activation with it. Once this is
> >> done, your dsl should be set to work.
> >>
> >> I switched from charter cable to dsl. I kept the old connection until
I
> >> had dsl working.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Their CD will only work with Windows or Mac. It will brand your
browser
> >> and install unwanted utilities. Fortunately, these do not work with
> >> Linux.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >>
> > Maybe I'm old fashioned (I too have PacBell/SBC/ATT) but doesn't the
> > router handle all the negotiations with the ISP? In my case anyway, I
put
> > an IP address, @pacbell.net, and PW in my router and it
> > connects...
> > The ISP doesn't know (or, need to know) what's on my side of the router.
>
> That's right, if you have a connection. If you are setting up the dsl
> modem for the first time, it must be recognized. Once the dsl modem is
> "seen" by network, all works fine.
>
> It's been over a year, but I jumped all the necessary hoops on the
> sbcglobal website. Their customer support can walk you through it.
Customer support CAN NOT walk you through it if the browser you
are using can not render the pages correctly. The registration process
ASSUMES that you are using IE. There is coding on the website that
does not render correctly if you do not have IE. I have complained
long and hard about this. The registration process should be developed
by COMP:ETENT web programmers who know what they are doing
and write web code that is UNIVERSAL, not IE specific.
See threads on the news group sbcglobal.help.tech.linux for more
detailed accounts.
AT&T needs to fix this problem so the registration process in GENERIC
and not IE specific, mac support not withstanding.
later......
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