(Solved via ugh MS$) AT&T DSL setup in Michigan - Problem browser

[OldGuy]

I was loading PCLinuxOS KDE 3.5 to a friends machine, and we set up her DSL line and connect to the router, type in all the good information they told us to and started FireFox.

FireFox via the router took us to the at&t registration page.  And, we went through a page or two before it stopped cold and told us our browser was not supported, we had to use IE 6, 7 or 8, or a version of Mac OS.

Lucky I had my laptop, I ran over to the library and download the add-on to firefox for changing my browser id to IE.  I returned, hooked up my laptop to the DSL line, and got a page or two further when it stopped and said I didn't have ActiveX, so before it would continue, I had to download ActiveX.  Well, that stumped me, and I told my friend we would have to do some research and come back tomorrow.

At home, I saw  post on at&t site that suggested I use Konqueror and tell it via the tools menu that  I'm a Mac OS.

My question has anyone else ran into this problem, and did the Mac OS flag in Konqueror allow you to finish the setup for AT&T DSL?

I have to return to my friends house tomorrow, and it would be nice if I could do the setup thru Linux, rather than bringing my other laptop which does have windows on it.  Kinda silly to have to have a Window machine to setup a Linux connection, eh?

Thank you for your time in reading this, and hopefully I can mark it solved soon.  When searching through the forum, I was unable to locate a similar problem.

Have a great day!

[Ray2047]

You aren't trying to use the setup disk supplied by AT&T to set it up are you. Experts strongly recommend not to use the setup disk even in Windows. It install a bunch of useless junk. http://www.dslreports.com/ can be very helpful for this. Basically though you just need to go to http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1079 and use the info there.

[OldGuy]

Went back to my friends house with a Window's XP laptop.  First I tried to use Konqueror and have it set for Mac OS.  That didn't make it through the registration and gave me an error, so I tried the Window's XP attached and was able to make it thru with a manual entry to the router, working with the regular support staff.  Once registered, I unconnected the XP platform and hook up to the PCLinuxOS, to find out I was able to access the net, and update and tweak the system  for my friend.

She was very happy and impressed with the system.  I was just embarrassed I had to use an XP computer to get through all the BS, AT&T forces a new user to do.