Alcatel Default Router Passwords
This page lists 22 confirmed default credentials for Alcatel equipment, covering 8 models. The pairing you are most likely to need is mtcl with switch.
Entries are reachable over port 2533, ftp and multi. 7 of these entries use a protocol that sends the password in clear text, so use them on a trusted network and change the password once you are in.
mtcl2 of 22 entriesswitch3 of 22 entries| Model | Protocol | Access | Username | Password |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4400 | CONSOLE | User | mtcl | no password set |
| OFFICE 4200 | MULTI | Admin | leave blank | 1064 |
| OMNIPCX OFFICE Rev. 4.1 | FTP | Admin | ftp_admi | kilo1987 |
| OMNIPCX OFFICE Rev. 4.1 | FTP | Installer | ftp_inst | pbxk1064 |
| OMNIPCX OFFICE Rev. 4.1 | FTP | NMC | ftp_nmc | tuxalize |
| OMNIPCX OFFICE Rev. 4.1 | FTP | Operator | ftp_oper | help1954 |
| OMNISTACK 6024 | TELNET | Admin | admin | switch |
| OMNISTACK/OMNISWITCH | TELNET | Admin | diag | switch |
| OMNISTACK/OMNISWITCH | TELNET/CONSOLE | Admin | diag | switch |
| OXO Rev. 1.3 | MULTI | User | leave blank | admin |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | adfexc | adfexc |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | at4400 | at4400 |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | client | client |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | dhs3mt | dhs3mt |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | dhs3pms | dhs3pms |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | halt | tlah |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | install | llatsni |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | kermit | kermit |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | mtch | mtch |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | mtcl | mtcl |
| PBX Rev. 4400 | PORT 2533 | — | root | letacla |
| TIMESTEP VPN 1520 Rev. 3.00.026 | PERMIT CONFIG AND CONSOLE | Admin | root | permit |
About Alcatel
Alcatel supplied carrier transmission gear and the OmniPCX telephony platform before merging with Lucent. The Alcatel records here run across the Omnistack line.
Reaching the login page
Point a browser at whatever your computer reports as its default gateway. On Windows that is the Default Gateway line from ipconfig; on macOS, Network settings shows it under the active connection.
What the Alcatel defaults look like
mtcl is the username on 2 of the 22 entries. 2 of them ask for no username at all. One model shipped with no password at all.
Where one is set, switch comes up most often, on 3 entries. There are 19 different passwords across the Alcatel set, so check your exact model rather than assuming. 7 of them are reached over a protocol that puts the password on the wire in clear text, so work from a machine on the same wired network rather than across the internet, and change the password once you are in.
If the Alcatel password has already been changed
There is a recessed reset button on the back or underneath that needs a straightened paperclip. Hold it in for thirty seconds with the unit powered on. Let go when the lights change pattern, and give it a couple of minutes to come back up.
The catch with an ISP-supplied unit is that a reset also clears the broadband credentials, and on some lines the router will not reconnect until those are re-entered. Find them before you press anything, or be ready to ring the provider.
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