Alcatel SpeedTouch Pro
To install and configure your modem for your Optus DSL Broadband service follow the steps below.
Physical connection
Telephone Filters
A telephone filter must be installed on each of the telephony devices that share the same telephone number as your Optus DSL Broadband service. These include:
- telephones
- fax machines
- dial-up modems
- answering machines
- some digital pay TV equipment
- any other similar device
Place a filter on all telephones or similar devices at your premises by unplugging the telephone cord and placing a filter between the phone and the wall socket.
If you have a home monitoring service (Back to Base security or medical alarm) that uses the same phone line as your DSL service, it is your responsibility to arrange for a central filter to be installed in your premises. If you do not do this, you will experience problems with your DSL connection and your monitoring service. If you require further information about central filters please call Optus DSL Broadband Customer Service.
Connecting the cables
The connection sockets at the rear of your Alcatel Speedtouch Pro modem look like this:
To connect your modem:
- Plug the power pack cable into the modem power socket labelled DC and plug the power pack into a power point
- Connect the cable between the Line port on the modem and the telephone wall socket (you will need a double adaptor if you also use this wall socket for your telephone)
The Line Sync LED will blink during initialisation and then remain solid green once an ADSL connection has been established.
If your modem is unable to establish an ADSL connection, check the following:
- Your modem is powered on and the Power LED is solid green. (See Starting the modem)
- Ensure all cables are connected correctly (See To connect your modem)
- Contact Optus DSL Broadband customer support
Factory default settings
To avoid conflicts with any previous configuration the modem must first be restored to factory default settings.
To do this, once the modem is powered up, put the dipswitch 4 labeled Config in the up position. The Power LED should flash red and green.
Then turn the modem off and on again. Once the Power LED flashes red and green, put the dipswitch 4 back in the down position.
Your modem is now in its default factory configuration.
Connect the Ethernet cable between your Ethernet port on your Mac and the modem's Ethernet port (one of the ports labeled 10BaseT/MDI-X).
You are now ready to configure your Settings for OSX.
Settings for OSX
NOTE: The following settings are for direct modem to Mac connection. If you wish to use your Optus DSL Broadband service with a home or office LAN please contact your network administrator or computer technician.
NOTE: Macintosh OSX is ready to use your Optus Internet connection by default. This section describes how to ensure your computer is configured with the appropriate values to connect to Optus DSL Broadband.
To verify your network settings:
- Open System Preferences
- Click the Show All button from the top menu
- Under the Internet & Network section, click on the Network icon
- In the Location dropdown, confirm Automatic is selected
- In the Show dropdown, check Built-in Ethernet is selected
- Click the TCP/IP tab
- In the Configure dropdown, check Using DHCP is selected
- Check that the DNS, IP Address and Router fields are blank
- If any changes have been made, click Apply Now to save those changes
- If no changes are required, simply close the window
Configure your modem
Accessing the Alcatel SpeedTouch Pro configuration pages
- Launch Safari or your preferred browser
- Connect to the Alcatel Speedtouch Pro modem by entering http: //10.0.0.138/- the modem's default IP address - in the Address field, then press the Return key
A page titled 'Welcome to the world of ADSL' will appear.
If you are unable to connect to the modem check the following:
- Physical connections (See Connecting the cables)
- IP settings (See Settings for OSX)
- Disable any Proxy Server settings (Located in System Preferences >> Network >> Proxies)
- Click on the Phonebook button on the left hand side (third from the top).
You will see a list of different interfaces followed by a Auto PVC table.
Verify that the entries 8 and 35 appear under VPI and VCI respectively.
- Now go to the Phonebook table and where it says 'Use input fields below to add a new entry', add the following:
| Optus Internet | 8 | 35 | ppp | Add |
As soon as you add this entry, it will appear in the Phone book table and will be highlighted in yellow:
| Optus Internet | 8 | 35 | ppp | Free | Delete |
- Now click the PPP button to the left of the page
A page titled PPP Configuration will appear.
- Where it says 'Use input field below to add a new entry', click on the drop down box and highlight Optus Internet, then highlight llc/nlpid, then click Add.
| Optusnet | llc/nlpid | Add |
The following entry will now appear in the PPP configuration table:
| Optus Internet | llc/nlpid | Dial-in | Down | - | Config/Delete |
- Click on Config
- On the page that appears, in the authentication table, type in your Optus DSL Broadband username in the Username field
- Enter your Optus DSL Broadband password in the Password field
In the Routing table, choose the following:
- Set Connection Sharing to Everybody
- Set Destination networks to All networks
- Leave Specific network blank
- Leave Address translation (NAT-PAT) unchecked
- Set Local IP to none
- Set Remote IP to none
- Set Mode to always-on
- Leave Idle time limit blank
- Ensure LCP echo is enabled
- Ensure PAP is enabled
- Ensure Accomp is enabled
- Now click the Apply button on top
You will now be brought back to the PPP Configuration table.
- Against the entry of Optus Internet, change on the on/off drop box to select On.
- Click the Apply button at the top of the page.
- Click the Save All button to make the changes permanent.
The 'Complete Configuration Saved' page will appear.
Your modem is now connected to your Optus DSL Broadband service.