Alcatel USB modem in OS X
The following instructions are designed to support customers when installing Alcatel modems for ADSL connectivity with Mac OS X.
Note: Mac OS 10.0 users are strongly recommended to download the free upgrade to Mac 10.1 located at http://www.red.net/support/downloads/index.php
Installing the Alcatel Speedtouch on Mac OS X
- Before starting the installation do NOT attach your modem to your machine. You will be asked to do this at a later stage.
- Insert the installation CD supplied with your modem into your machine.
- On your desktop the CD-ROM icon will appear:
- Double-click the CD-ROM icon to start the installation process.
- A CD-ROM contents window will pop up and should look similar to the one below:
- Double click OSX folder and then the following icon, to start the installation process.
- If you have set an administrator password, you must enter this in the box provided before you are able to continue with the installation.
- A welcome and ‘ReadMe’ screen will subsequently pop up. Click ‘Continue’ to proceed.
- When the ‘Software Licence Agreement’ screen appears you must agree to this before you are able to continue.
- The next step is to select the drive you want to install the software on.
- Once you select the drive, it will be highlighted with a green arrow, then click ‘Continue’.
- Click ‘Install now’ to start the installation.
- At the end of the installation process, the following screen will appear:
- After restarting your machine, you are now ready to plug in your Alcatel to your USB port.
Connecting to the Internet
- Go to your ‘System Preferences’ and click on the ‘Network’ icon.
- Select the ‘SpeedTouch’ from the list of available network devices.
- The TCP/IP should contain the following information:
- Click the ‘PPP’ tab and enter the following information:
Account name and password
- You will find these details in your starter letter supplied by REDNET.
Note: Remember to put @online.rednet.co.uk after your ADSL login. - Finally go to the ‘Modem’ tab and select ‘Alcatel Modem’ from the drop down list.
- You are now ready to connect to the Internet via your REDNET ADSL
connection.
