mac adsl set-up

NOTE: All Macs have been fitted with Ethernet on the motherboard for many years so a NIC (Network Interconnection Card) as Windoze users say, is NOT required.

The best and easiest way to connect a Mac to ADSL is therefore by Ethernet.

USB modems are fraught with problems as the USB data packets are not (really) compatible with TCP/IP that the Internet uses.

Even if you run early Mac Operating Systems, Ethernet eliminates many problems since most modern ADSL modems handle the ADSL WAN (Wide Area Network -- the ADSL connect line) data stuff.

There is no need for such software as 'Enternet' etc if Ethernet is used.

PROCEDURE: FIRST set your modem up as a DHCP ROUTER. (MAKE SURE THE ONE YOU BOUGHT CAN BE CONFIGURED AS A DHCP ROUTER. Nearly all modern ones can.)

Using a browser and your modem HANDBOOK, connect to YOUR "modem's http address" this may be 10.0.0.138 -- 192.0.0.XX. Get it from the modem handbook and type it into the browser: http://10.0.0.138 (THE ALCATEL 530 ONE)

The modem will open the set-up procedure where all you should have to enter is your USER NAME and PASSWORD. Don't forget to SAVE this before closing the browser.

Onto the Mac now:

MAC OS X SYSTEMS HERE.

MAC OS 9 & EARLIER SYSTEMS HERE.