How to install SBC/ATT Yahoo DSL without the install CD in 5 easy steps
I just moved to a new place in San Francisco and of course the first thing I wanted to have sorted after I unpacked was an internet connection. ATT requires you to install software to setup the connection and of course, only OS X and Windows are supported. The last time I ordered DSL I had access to a windows computer to do the setup but this time I had my linux box and nothing else. As the activation day approached I started to get worried about how I would set everything up. Would I have to beg someone to lend me their laptop and allow me to install some horrid software on it (something I wouldn’t want to do to my own computer)? Or maybe I could call tech support and they could register me over the phone. I could just imagine the situation: Me “Hey could I register over the phone because I’m running linux and can’t install the software?” Tech support “We don’t support linux, see ya.”.
Anyway, the night before I went over to Paul, Jessalyn and Wilson’s house to do some research. I printed off this page and went home to find out my connection had been activated early. Anyway the instructions weren’t perfect for me but they included all the information I needed to get things going. Here’s a revised version/what I did:
- 1 Open up your web browser (I recommend not using Firefox as it seems to have problems with some of ATTs crappy forms) and type 192.168.0.1 to get to the modem config.
- 2 Use the following temporary username and password to get a connection: username: “sbcyahooreg@sbcglobal.net” password “sbcyahooreg”.
- 3 To get your own login, go to https://sbcreg.sbcglobal.net/ or support.sbcglobal.net/register and go through the signup process.
- 4 Repeat step #1-2 with your new login details.
- 5 Run a speed test over at www.BroadbandReports.com/ to be sure you’re getting all the speed you paid for.
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Comment by HERNBERFERD — March 20, 2007 @ 10:54 am
Done!
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You recommend not using Firefox, but you don’t say what browser (aside from that Microsoft thing) *will* work. I discovered that KDE’s Konqueror works well enough with the sign-up page to complete the process, at least up to the point where it creates the AT&T/Yahoo user account. If your operating system doesn’t have Konqueror installed, a Knoppix CD
Comment by Joel — February 1, 2008 @ 10:13 am
…will allow you to set up the DSL ‘modem’ and the PPPoE/mail server user account. Then reboot into your installed OS and enjoy broadband Internet access.
Comment by Joel — February 1, 2008 @ 10:16 am
Thanks for the great manual! It helped me to avoid installing junk on my computer just to activate the service.
The only update is to access my modem configuration instead of http://192.168.0.1 I had to use http://192.168.1.254 how it was written on the back of the modem.
Thanks again!!!
P.S. To access both the modem configuration and https://sbcreg.sbcglobal.net I used browser Opera 9.23. No problem!
Comment by Albert — March 6, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
Sounds great. I ‘ll be trying it in the next week or so. ATT says Windows ME isn’t supported. Is it they do not support it or it doesn’t work with their DSL ? Also, in order to get to the https://sbcreg.sbcglobal.net site when you hookup to the internet, won’t it ask you for your login ID and password before it works.
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@John, I’m guessing just the software doesn’t work on Windows ME, but I never used ME… To access https://sbcreg.sbcglobal.net you use the temporary username and password in step 2:
Use the following temporary username and password to get a connection: username: “sbcyahooreg@sbcglobal.net” password “sbcyahooreg”.
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