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Hi!
I just connected my new ADSL Modem "Alcatel Speedtouch 536i v6" through Ethernet port to my PC but I cannot find it in the device manager.
Where should I look for it?
Why would you expect it in device manager? It is not a device like a dialup modem in your pc.
Imagine the power if you knew how to internet search
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to access the modem, go to the html interface using your web browser. the default ip address is 192.168.1.254
You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. By default both the username and password are blank. Click the Ok button to log in to your router.
if the default settings have been changed, contact your ISP.
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I thought so but I wasn't sure. Thank you for clearing that out for me. But if I want to unistall it what should I do?
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Dear Oracle,
I tried to to access the modem through the default ip address 192.168.1.254. A box prompted for my username and password as you said. I wrote the new ones but I cannot log in to my router.
What should I do next?
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Windows doesn't show a DSL or ADSL modem (or a cable modem) in Device Manager or anywhere else in Windows that I know of, at least it never shows it under Modems - when it is USB connected it may show up somewhere else in Device Manager as a USB device, but I don't have such so I don't know for sure.
If you want to find out whether Windows recognizes it's connection to the internet through your ethernet connection and your DSL or ADSL or cable modem.
You must already have an active ADSL connection, as in, that service has been turned on for your phone line by the ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Run the Network Setup Wizard if you haven't already done so - it's in Control Panel.
If you need help with that choose Help in Windows and search for Network Setup Wizard, and/or follow your ISP's instructions for how to setup your ADSL connection.
Start - Run - type: cmd (click on OK)
expand the window
type:ipconfig /all (click on OK)
see the lines
DNS suffix search list
and
Connection - specific to DNS Suffix
That should be the address of the server or one of the servers of your ADSL provider
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The router is asking for the Router's Administrator User & Pass, do you never read the documentation ??
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"I wrote the new ones but I cannot log in to my router.
What should I do next?"You didn't mention a router in your initial post.
Is it a separate router (e.g. more than one networking cable port, only, the ADSL modem is separate unit) or is it a combo router/ADSL modem? (e.g. has a telephone port and more than one networking cable port on the same unit)?
Follow the instructions for setting up your router, or router/ADSL combo. What settings you use varies depending on what your particular ISP provider requires.
Usually the default user name is admin, and there is no password - just press Enter for the password.
Every router or ethernet chipset or other networking device has a unique MAC address - an identify code.
If you were connected to the internet before without a router, usually you CLONE the MAC address of the ethernet chipset you used to connect to the internet before you got the router - the router then uses the same MAC address as the ethernet chipset.
If you weren't connected to high speed internet before, you don't have to clone the MAC address, but if more than one computer is connected to the router it is recommended you do that.
DSL or ADSL ISPs may require you register the MAC address of the networking device you use to connect to the internet on a specific web site before your internet connection will work - e.g. in my case, I have to do that, and I am allowed to specify two MAC addresses.
This must be done beforehand. See your ISPs instructions, or if you were given a CD with the ADSL package, there is probably a program on it that will help you setup your connection.I have up to 4 computers connected to my router. I cloned the MAC address of the ethernet chipset (card) I originally used to connect to the internet in the router's configuration (my ADSL modem is a separate unit and requires no configuration at all).
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