Cisco Systems 4027673 Introducing the DPC3010 and EPC3010, Benefits and Features, Home Networking

Introducing the DPC3010 and EPC3010

Introducing the DPC3010 and EPC3010

Welcome to the exciting world of high-speed Internet access. You have acquired one of the fastest cable modems available on the market today. Your new Cisco® Model DPC3010 or Model EPC3010 DOCSIS® 3.0 Cable Modem offers high-end performance and superb reliability at data rates up to four times that of conventional DOCSIS 2.0 (DPC3010) and EuroDOCSIS™ (EPC3010) cable modems. With your new DPC3010 or EPC3010, your Internet enjoyment, home and business communications, and personal and business productivity will surely soar.

This guide provides procedures and recommendations for placing, installing, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting your DPC3010 or EPC3010.

Benefits and Features

Your new DPC3010 or EPC3010 offers the following additional outstanding benefits and features:

Home Networking

Provides a high-speed broadband Internet connection that energizes your online experience and helps enable trouble-free downloading and sharing files and photos with your family and friends

Includes bridged Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) and 10/100BASE-T auto-sensing/auto- MDIX Ethernet ports. Some models also include a USB 2.0 data port for high- speed data services to other devices

Supports up to 64 users (1 USB port and up to 63 users on user-supplied Ethernet hubs)

Allows you to attach multiple devices in your home or office to the cable modem for high-speed networking and sharing of files and folders without first copying them onto a CD or diskette

Performance

Provides a faster connection to the Internet by incorporating four bonded downstream channels along with four bonded upstream channels, up to four times faster than conventional single-channel DOCSIS 2.0 cable modems

Enhances interoperability with most service providers by complying with the following specifications to deliver high-end performance and reliability:

-DPC3010: Designed to meet the specifications for DOCSIS 3.0 and is backward compatible with DOCSIS 2.0, 1.1, and 1.0

-EPC3010: Designed to meet the specifications for EuroDOCSIS 3.0 and is backward compatible with EuroDOCSIS 2.0, 1.1, and 1.0

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