Introduction, Hardware Connections, Rear Panel

Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide

Introduction

The Prestige 971M (P-971M) is a DOCSIS compliant full-duplex cable modem. In order to use your P-971M, you need to establish an Internet access account with your cable service company.

Note: To identify your modem with the cable service company, you need to tell them the HFC MAC address. This 12-character number is located on a bar code sticker on the bottom of the unit.

Once this information has been supplied to your cable operator and your line activated, your P-971M will obtain a dynamic IP address(es) from your cable service provider whenever connected.

Note: See your User’s Guide for background information on all features.

This guide is divided into the following sections.

1	Hardware Connections	3	USB Driver Installation
2	Accessing the Web Configurator	4	Troubleshooting

1 Hardware Connections

You need the following before you start.

•Computer(s)

•Ethernet Cable

•USB Cable (if accessing the Internet from a Windows computer via USB)

•Power Adaptor (Varies by region)

•RF Connector F-Coaxial Cable

1.1 Rear Panel

Refer to the following P-971M rear panel graphic to see how to make the connections.