Thomson/Alcatel/Technicolor SpeedTouch ST585v6sl: Info, Unlock and Configuration

This (click here for some device info) was quite a popular router for ISPs and comes in many variants as used in different parts of the world! It also became popular with users once many tweaks and utilities became available for it including the DMT tool that provides advanced monitoring and configuration. Once the CLI is accessible with required credentials, many more options become available including bridge mode, wireless router only mode using one of the lan ports as a wan port, multi-pvc support and much more. It has a good modem supporting upto adsl2+ and still relevant for Pakistan!

However, some of the ISPs preferred to have it locked down for various reasons and one may not find a 'generic' model easily! There is the option of using jtag to 'convert' the locked version into the generic one by flashing a modified cfe, but, there is also a much easier software based method provided you don't mind running older firmware and don't mind unlocking/reconfiguring again after a factory reset (not a reset of configuration but a factory reset from the CLI)

I tried the process
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with some modifications described here http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/927431:

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Ηοw to: Unlock AOL ST585v6sl Web Interface
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Click here i29.tinypic.com/4h7ekg.jpg to see th Locking Toolbox via original files 
Click here i25.tinypic.com/vqmdzt.jpg to see Unlocking Τοolbox via modification files

Time: 5 minutes

Via FTP Client go at speedtouch /dl/ directory and copy the 3 files of dl.rar
MS Word ή Νotepad
FlashFXP ή οποιοσδήποτε FTP Client

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A. Download the modification files from here 
rapidshare.com/files/95221413/dl.rar

1. Unrar the dl.rar at ur desktop

2. Open user.ini with un editor (like ms word or notepad) make e search and replace "YOURNAME" with ur ISP username. Save.

B. Connect @ Speedtouch via FTP Client to /dl/ directory

1. Backup all files from /dl/τoυ Speedtouch

2. Upload the modification files user.ini, vo_ny_dy5.tpl & security.cfg from dl.rar 

C. Go to ur browser @ Web interface (192.168.1.254) and type

Username: admin

Password: password

user/pass for the additional accounts

Administrator/password
admin/password

No login password for users

root2
SuperUser
mino

U can see photos with unlocking Web interface here
minotavrs.blogspot.com/2...i-interface.html

and full feedback reports in Hellenic language (Greek) here 
www.adslgr.com/forum/sho...1024#post1841024

enjoy...

ΜinOtaVrS

(I have also uploaded the dl.rar file at http://1drv.ms/1DCDjIc)

 on a ST585v6sl version (provided and locked upto an extent by AOL) with variant EX and board BANT-W as shown below:

The Toolbox is limited here

though telnet and ftp access both are working using the firmware 6.2.29.2

Here are the screenshots of the process (screenshots were taken the 2nd time so directory listings might be different):

After extracting the dl.rar archive, I skipped Step 2 ... shall configure via the Modified Thomson Configuration Wizard later on

Next, WinSCP was used to copy the files in Binary mode to the router via FTP:

A confirmation of successful transfer (telnet login via admin user with password as given in notes):

Still working after rebooting the router:

So, it should be unlocked requiring only configuration! However, the builtin Setup options are not valid for my ISP PTCL here and the modified Thomson Configuration Wizard is needed, available at http://download.modem-help.co.uk/mfcs-A/Alcatel/Modems/Wizards/Setup/Windows/

Using the SpeedTouch Configuration Disc r7.203.iso I created out of the extracted files available at http://1drv.ms/1DCDjIc

(iso allows one to mount easily with an iso mounting tool such as the Virtual CloneDrive rather than wait for thousands of files to extract ... the archive expands from nearly 16MBs to 200MBs) uploaded as 7-zip file (note that latest version may not necessarily be the better version):

Success!

And here is the DMT working with this firmware:

There are still many options accessible via CLI only like manual DNS server settings, but, I would like to treat the CLI separately as it applies to a number of routers from Thomson ... you can use the Thomson Configuration Wizard to configure this router as a modem only via bridge mode and as a wireless router using one of the lan ports as a wan port ... just follow the prompts and let me know if there is some difficulty ... coming up next is the BT Home Hub series by Thomson!