Chapter 3: Installing the Modem
SETTING UP ADSL SERVICE
The service provider sets up the ADSL parameters for your service. The modem must have the ADSL SYNC LED lit before you can connect sessions with your service provider. Verify SYNC in the following section, “Checking LED Indications.”
CHECKING LED INDICATIONS
The section below describes LED indications for all operational modes. LEDs on the modem front panel provide continual status
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PWR | On green | Modem has power. |
| Off | Modem does not have power. |
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| LAN |
LINK | On green | A PC, hub, or other network device is connected to the modem |
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| Off | No device is connected to the modem |
TX | Flashing green | Modem is transmitting data to devices on the LAN. |
| Off | Modem is not transmitting data to the LAN. |
RX | Flashing green | Modem is receiving data from devices on the LAN. |
| Off | Modem is not receiving data from the LAN. |
COL | Flashing green | Collision detected on the |
| Off | No collisons detected. |
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| ADSL |
SYNC | On green | ADSL transceiver is synchronized and in normal operation mode. |
| Flashing green | ADSL transceiver is in a |
| Off | ADSL transceiver is not synchronized or is in a mode other than |
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| normal operation or startup. |
TX | Flashing green | Modem is transmitting data to the service provider. |
| Off | Modem is not transmitting data to the service provider. |
RX | Flashing green | Modem is receiving data from the service provider. |
| Off | Modem is not receiving data from the service provider. |
MAR | On green | ADSL margin is at or above the value set by the service provider. |
| Off | ADSL margin is below the value set by the service provider. |
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