Hardware and Software Installation

NOTE: Refer to the diagram on the following page while following these steps.

1.Turn off your computer and unplug it from the electrical outlet.

2.Using the following illustration as a guide, make the following connections:

∙Connect your cable line to the cable modem’s CATV cable connector. Be careful not to bend the wire in the center of the cable line when you connect it to the cable modem. After hand-tightening the CATV cable connector, use your 7/16 inch or adjustable wrench to firmly tighten the connector. Be careful not to over-tighten the connector or you might damage the connector or your cable modem.

∙Plug the cable modem’s power supply into a wall socket or surge protector and into the

cable modem’s power jack (labeled with a graphic that looks like this:	-	+ ).

∙Plug one end of the RJ-45 network cable into the cable modem’s RJ-45 jack and the other end into the existing network interface card installed in your computer.

∙The serial port on your cable modem is unused during two-way operation. If the cable modem is being used with an analog modem for telephony-return cable modem operation, you will receive additional instructions on how to make these connections.

3.Verify that your cable modem starts up and initializes properly. You can tell that your modem is operating properly if the Cable Modem Power and Cable Modem Status LEDs