So I got me this router, AZTECH 600E provided by my new ISP in Israel. The idiots however figured out that nobody really wants to use anything other than Window$ and put a “dialer” on a CD, which you were supposed to install.
Needless to say, it came only as an EXE.
I spoke to a tech support rep on the phone who said he doesn’t support Mac and that my router is apparently not a router but a modem even though the interwebs disagrees. It’s time for some RL haxx.
And so I casually ask, “by the way, what’s the password for 10.0.0.138?”
“Just type in Admin password Admin.”
Yes, it’s that easy. Admin/Admin is the default password for the Aztech.
The next tech support rep said something along the lines of “I’M SORRY YOU HAVE A MODEM NOT A ROUTER I CAN’T TELL YOU HOW TO MAKE IT INTO A ROUTER BECAUSE THIS CALL IS RECORDED AND IT’S AGAINST THE POLICIES YOU WILL HAVE TO COMMIT TO US FOR 2 YEARS TO GET IT”. I hung up, though I should have just shot him in the face with my laser vision because he was an asshole. That laser vision sure is useful.
The next tech rep I called when I wanted to find out what my password was and also figure out the VPI/VCI values. He told me “kk sry i don’t speak mac lol go talk to these guys” and gave me another phone number. It had nothing to do with Mac, but sure, have it your way, silly tech support.
Tech support went something like “how do i shot web”. The values themselves I found on Bezeq’s website (!!) in another guide for a different router with an incredibly similar GUI. These are the settings I’ve used as they appear in the device’s interface after you click Quick Start:
TL;DR: 10.0.0.138. Username Admin, password Admin, click Quick Start, put above info spare the username and password which are meant to be your own.
Enjoy.
I feel for you.
The whole ISP/Infrastructure thing in Israel is a load of BS.
When I first got ADSL in 1998 from bezeq, it was with the Alcatel Home Touch modem that came with it. A fine modem, but locked by bezeq to any kind of configuration. At the time I was a newbie to Linux and could not configure a dialer on my computer. The easiest way was to turn the modem in to a dialer. Of course, bezeq claimed it was impossible.. about 3 months later anyone with that specific modem “hacked” it and used it as a dialer.
I now have the Aztec 600E POS modem. It has caused me nothing but trouble since the day I received it. Bezeq have swapped it 4 times to new 600E’s with “updated firmware” (bs!) claiming it is the only modem available with an Ethernet connection (bs again!).
They tried making me sign a contract for a ROUTER that is also a modem.
ONLY 29.9 Shekels a month, for 3 years, which comes to a total of 1,076.4 Shekels.
Oh, and the routers Wi-Fi capabilities don’t include g/n.
They are stupid to think that there aren’t any people like you who publish “hacks” online.
Anyways, I searched for E600 config just to make sure no one made a tutorial on how to do it, cause I was going to make one. You beat me to it! BY A YEAR! :)
I dare not say otherwise to this day. :P
If I recall correctly cell phone carriers at the very least aren’t allowed to sign you up in a binding contract like that for 3 years. Pretty sure it applies to ISPs, too, but I could be wrong. So you may want to check again. Even then, I wouldn’t do it.
As for me, they offered I agree to stick with them for 18 months, reluctantly I took them up on their offer because in all honesty, that AZTECH needed a replacement.
Will I ever find peace?
Surprisingly enough, not exactly. The average user wouldn’t try or even conceive it, frankly. Guys I work with were taken aback when they saw IE’s “brand new” tabs which I remember way back from Mozilla years ago and Netscape might have also had. So getting them to do THAT?