I got a new modem from Siti Infeon DNA-A201BE-I from BSNL, my ISP. I got an installation disc, an ethernet cable, a USB cable and a Quick Setup Guide in the box. First I set it up using the Ethernet cable. Then put the Setup disc in the tray and run the Setup.exe file. The Autorun launcher did not work. Running the Setup.exe a BSNL Broadband Setup Wizard started. It checked some requirements like Operating System, Java Runtime, Flash etc. I had to install an older version of Flash to allow the installer to continue. Then I selected Home install. Now it proceeded to the next step, I selected Broadband, other option being Home Network. My LAN card was configured by the installer. In my opinion this was the only useful work it did. Then it asked me to connect my modem so that it could be detected and the registration completed with my UserID and Password. But my modem was not detected . I tried with USB mode, tried discovering my modem otherwise, called up BSNL tech cell(wonder n...
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