I used msn as a dsl provider for awhile due to a free month promotion. I run no microsoft on my home network, I run FreeBSD stable.
MSN sent me an Arescom dsl modem. This irritating device can only be configured via browser.It checks to make sure it is Internet Explorer,and MicroSoft no longer has a Unix version of IE.
Initially I tried several open browsers; w3m,lynx,links,netscape-4.79 (FreeBSD &linux), and Mozilla all unsuccessfully, The config pages html code has a button and the closing part of the code is outside the block it should be in,so the button to proceed with configuration can't continue with the above browsers. I found that I was able to get a working config via Opera,when it said it was IE5.
Four months later MSN modifed their config process and Opera was made unusable.
Coincidence? I think not.
Apparently these Borkers don't even want Paying Unix customers.
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I used msn as a dsl provider for awhile due to
a free month promotion. I run no microsoft on my
home network, I run FreeBSD stable.
MSN sent me an Arescom dsl modem. This irritating
device can only be configured via browser.It checks
to make sure it is Internet Explorer,and MicroSoft
no longer has a Unix version of IE.
Initially I tried several open browsers;
w3m,lynx,links,netscape-4.79 (FreeBSD &linux),
and Mozilla all unsuccessfully,
The config pages html code has a button and the
closing part of the code is outside the block
it should be in,so the button to proceed with
configuration can't continue with the above browsers. I found that I was able to get a working config via Opera,when it said it was IE5.
Four months later MSN modifed their config process and Opera was made unusable.
Coincidence? I think not.
Apparently these Borkers don't even want Paying
Unix customers.