Actiontec electronic 1520 manual

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 1 Actiontec® 1520 and 152 4 How to Recover Firm ware for Mac OS ® 8.01 to 9.2.2 If your Actiontec® DSL modem isn’t working (i.e., the Internet LED light isn't on) or isn’t respo nding properly, this recovery procedure will reset the modem to factory defaults. Before you begin the step s i[...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 2 2. Select Apple . Then select Control Pane ls and TCP/IP .[...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 3 3. Select Configure . Then select Manually .[...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 4 4. To complete the modem firmware recov ery, set y our TCP/IP stack for stat ic IP addressing using the following values: • IP Address: 192.168.0.99 • Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0 • Router Address: 192.168.0.1 NOTE: If you’ve changed the LAN IP Addre ss of your Actiontec gateway, use the new[...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 5 6. Double-click on the folder placed on yo ur desktop during the un-stuff process. 7. Select the recovery icon to start the recovery process.[...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 6 8. Select Start .[...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 7 9. When you see Tftp Server started! and Bootp Server star ted! , unplug the power from the back of the modem and hold down the Reset button. While holding do wn th e Reset button, plug the power cord back into the modem. Once the recovery process starts, rele a se the Reset button. NOTE: Once the [...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 8 10. Once the progress bar displays 10 0%, t he recovery process is complete. Select Exit . 11. Unplug the power cable from the back of the modem. Wait 30 seconds and pl ug it back in. The modem will automatically train, but you need to reconfigure it befor e you can browse the Internet. 12. Before [...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 9 13. Select Apple . Then select Control Pane ls and TCP/IP .[...]

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    © 2005 Qwest Communications Intern ational Inc. 1 0 14. Select Configure . Then select U s i ng DHCP Server . 15. Select Save . Then close the window by clickin g on the red ball in the top left corner. 16. Reconfigure the Actiontec modem a c cording to the configuration information you recorded before starting this recovery process. For additiona[...]