To get your modem working, first download the OS X Drivers from the SpeedTouch site. Then read pages 31 to 45 of the online manual here on how to set it up here (note that the page numbers may have changed; just find the Mac OS X section). Enjoy!
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I searched over the past two days and found some items of interest regarding my Alcatel USB Speedtouch modem and BellSouth ADSL service. BTW, Bellsouth was much less than accomodating and of the four people I talked to, not one knew a thing about Mac OS in general, so I hope this helps someone. Let me know if it does.
To get your modem working, first download the OS X Drivers from the SpeedTouch site. Then read pages 31 to 45 of the online manual here on how to set it up here (note that the page numbers may have changed; just find the Mac OS X section). Enjoy!
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bellsouth.net DSL service
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bellsouth.net DSL service
I also have the Alcatel Ethernet DSL modem with the Bellsouth. net DSL service. My reason for having it was not because it was easier to install with OSX, but because I had a Ethernet port available on my Mac while I ran out of room for my USB ports. So in this case it made sense for me to get the Ethernet modem. I had no idea that the USB modems were so much trouble to hook up as everyone on here have discussed. I just plugged my Ethernet modem in and provided my account information and Presto! I was online and surfing right away. I have one little question to ask though and it has to do with the OS9 classic OS that is working in the background. I was wondering if there is a way to bypass the EnterNet software and manually set up the Ethernet connection with OS9.2.2. I was just wondering because sometimes I am just using my OS9 rather than OSX.
bellsouth.net DSL service
I'm replying to your comment about SBC workers not knowing Mac OS. Well I just started working at their help desk, the people you call, and sadly your right. The trainer told me that no one knows mac on the floor.
Setting Up Bellsouth
Bellsouth.net Fast Access DSL on Mac OS X is one of the easiest things in the world to setup, yet they offer ZERO support for it.
As a result I made a small 1 page tutorial. This tutorial assumes you have the ethernet modem, if you have the USB modem it won't help you.
If it helps someone, thats great, and if anyone reading this works for Bellsouth please feel free to print this PDF out and distribute it among your co-workers so they can see how easy it is to setup Mac OS X.
The PDF is on my iDisk, here is the address...
http://homepage.mac.com/jsimenstad/bellsouth/bellsouth_setup.pdf
Good Luck to all..
Setting Up Bellsouth
I tried the instructions for the alcatel USB bellsouth modem and they didn't work. From where did you purchase your ethernet modem?
Setting Up Bellsouth
This document was so helpful. I was setting up airport at my friend's new house. I hate Bellsouth DSL. Such a pain in the butt compared to Comcast cable, the local cable company. Cable is like plug and play, but DSL is as frustrating as a Windows machine infected with the lastest virii.
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which modem driver?
There doesn't seem to be a driver for the US on the Alcatel website. Will any of the drivers (eg. UK) there work if you're in the states? Besides the languages, is there really a difference?
alcatel usb modem not worth your money
Getting the usb alcatel modem running on a mac is especially hard compared to the other ethernet modems available. Even the software drivers aren't available for the modem...os X is supported, but only in the UK and other euro countries. The main difference is that the ethernet card is supplied inside the usb modem. The physical dsl line connects into the usb modem, which then connects to the usb port of a computer. The alcatel engineers expect this to be the "easiest" installation solution for 1st time dsl buyers because you simply "plug and play" so to speak. You don't have to open your computer and install confusing hardware. What the engineers didn't anticipate is that alcatel usb modem causes a lot more system conflicts and unstability in WinXP and other OSes (due to lack of support/drivers). Home networking is almost an impossibility with the usb modem. If you're planning to share DSL with your other home computers, I can't stress enough how important it is to get an ETHERNET modem...not the USB
I agree - don't go near the Speedtouch USB
i'm in the uk, and since I got it I've been getting kernel panics at least once or twice a day - uininstalling and using my dial up restores OSX to rock solid stability.
a couple of weeks ago i finally got hold of the updated drivers (1.6) - now i merely get kernel panics every other day.
and this thread here, on adslguide.org.uk suggests that these drivers won't work with jaguar, so i'm saving up for an adsl modem/router.
B.
HUGE problems with the Alcatel SpeedTouch USB with OSX.2
It's a bloody disaster really. NOT a good modem, but the one that the largest ADSL provider (almost the only one) in the UK provides...
HUGE problems with the Alcatel SpeedTouch USB with OSX.2
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