SBC Yahoo DSL

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I'm a DSL customer of theirs, but I have enhanced DSL, and my experience
is nothing like yours.  I have a DSL modem that speaks 10 MB Ethernet at
my end and talks to a router at the Central Office (CO) end, and I get
5 usable IP numbers.  There was never any hassle about making it work --
just get eth0 up and running with one of the 5 IP numbers, use a standard
RJ45 cable, and away you go.  Of course, to use the other 4 IP numbers,
I've inserted a Linksys switch, and even a Linksys DSL/Cable router
to hide my wife's Windoze machine behind.

My username and password were inherited from the original pacbell.net
DSL arrangement of some years' standing, so I don't actually remember how 
I got them.

Best of luck...

++ kevin



On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Matthew Carpenter wrote:

> All you have to do iw go to their web site and apply for the username and password...  Problems is that their site does not support anything but IE very well.  It was nearly a nightmare.  I ended up on the phone with tech support before it was done.
> 
> I was able to get it to work.  The problem was partly that I didn't have a username and password, and partly because SuSE comments out some lines with break the connect script.  I've contacted SuSE about it so it should be fixed in the future.  They commented out every line in a "if-then" clause, causing it to error out.  
> 
> Other than that it's been great!
> Thanks to Llama and Michael for your help :)
> 
> 
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:15:41 -0600
> Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > > Anyone have any experience with SBC Yahoo DSL and Linux?  I believe it's
> > > PPPoE setup but I can't figure out how to generate or find a username and
> > > password...  Then, I'm attempting to use an ethernet card to plug into the
> > > DSL Modem.  So far I've seen nothing.  SBC Yahoo wants you to install their
> > > DSL Dialer software from CD...  Anyway, if you have any advice, that would
> > > be great!
> > 
> > I've installed it several places. It's standard PPPoE. The hard part is 
> > getting the username/password out of them. I never found a way except to 
> > install that HORRID Yahoo software on a disposable Win box just so I 
> > could get into their server and get a username/password assigned. Then 
> > chunk the Win box and plug the info into a router or whatever.
> > 
> > If there is a way to get them to assign the username/password without 
> > logging in with all that awful Yahoo software, I'd like to learn about.
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
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Dr. Kevin O'Gorman  (805) 756-2986  mailto:kogorman at calpoly.edu
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