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   From: ray    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: DSL service.   
   Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:22:35 -0700   
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   On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:44:24 +0000, Harold Stevens wrote:   
      
   > In  ray:   
   >    
   > [Snip..]   
   >    
   >> You could install IE under wine and run that for them   
   >    
   > I didn't even have to do that. As others mentioned, it's usually nothing   
   > more than a browser-based setup tool that shouldn't care what browser or   
   > OS (or link) is involved.   
   >    
   > As an example I put my 80+ yearold folks on BellSouth (now ATT) DSL over   
   > the summer from Konqueror on the SuSE setup they're running, using their   
   > 56K dialup. No problemo...   
   >    
   > At that time, I heard of others doing DSL setups from a library or other   
   > "public" area using Exploder or whatever the heck browser happened to be   
   > immediately available.   
   >    
   > If ATT helldesk claims you MUST use M$ and/or Exploder, they're lying or   
   > lazy (or both).   
   >    
   >> Isn't there an option for doing your own installation?   
   >    
   > I made very certain this was the case; IIRC, BellSouth charged extra for   
   > having a tech come out to do it. I read over the documentation, fired up   
   > Konqueror on 56K dialup, and had DSL service inside 20 or so minutes.   
   >    
   >> trivial to do and you should be able to figure it out from what they   
   >> show for MS and MAC instructions.   
   >    
   > I haven't tried it on *ubuntu, but most recent distros have "wizards" on   
   > tap (for me, SuSE's YaST) for exactly this (DSL/cable and DHCP setup).   
   >    
   > HTH; YMMV...   
      
   Exactly the point. That's how I set up my previous two DSL installs (we   
   moved 1000 miles 2.5 years ago). And it was that easy to set up the   
   wireless cable modem I'm using now. As a matter of fact, the installation   
   guy insisted on doing this one, so I started firefox for him, and he   
   easily completed the setup.   
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