Visit this link to find out if you qualify for AT&T's $10/month DSL plan:

https://swot.sbc.com/swot/promoLanding.do

New URL: http://attsignup.com/att_order_10_dol.htm

If you do not qualify, then you will be given the option to order other, similar DSL plans.

AT&T will have sent you either a simple DSL modem ($49 offer) or a wireless router DSL modem ($79 offer). In both cases the instructions will be the same. There are five main steps with details to connect a DSL modem.

1. boot computer into KDE
2. connect the hardware
3. temporarily configure the DSL modem
4. register at AT&T's website
5. permanently configure the DSL modem

These instructions assume you have a Debian Etch Linux computer from ByteWorks running KDE as your desktop environment. (Other Linux computers will work, too, the screenshots will just look a little different. They key is to use Konqueror and not Firefox as the webbrowser to register with AT&T).

• Boot up Linux

• Insert into the computer the AT&T Yahoo! CD

• Open the CD by clicking “Open in New Windows” then “OK”

• Alternate: Press Alt-F2 and type 'konqueror'

• Open the file ManualSetup.html

• Follow the instructions on that page, which will include detailed instructions on how to install and connect the various pieces of hardware.

• Connect to the modem by copying and pasting the URL into a new tab (http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.254). To open a new tab, click on Location > New Tab.

• Authenticate by copying and pasting the username and password

• At this point, a page may appear asking for the modem's authentication code. The code is printed on a sticker on the bottom of the modem.

• Connect to the registration site by copying and pasting the URL into a new tab (http://sbcreg.sbcglobal.net/). To open a new tab, click on Location > New Tab.

• If the buttons at the bottom of the page are hidden or partially obstructed, shrink the font until they are completely visible using View > Shrink Font.

* Continue following the directions to register.

* At the end of the registration process, you will be given a username and password. Write down that information.

* Return to the modem tab, click the “Login” button, clear the existing username and password, and enter the new username and password.

• At this point, a page may appear asking for the modem's authentication code. The code is printed on a sticker on the bottom of the modem.

* Contratulations! You are now free to browse the web.

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