3 TROUBLESHOOTING

If the solutions listed here do not solve your problem, contact your service provider. Before calling your service provider, try pressing the reset button on the rear panel of the SB6120. Resetting the SB6120 may take 5 to 30 minutes. Your service provider may ask for the status of the lights as described in Front-Panel Lights and Error Conditions.

Problem

Possible Solution

 

 

Power light is off

Check that the SB6120 is properly plugged into the electrical

 

outlet.

 

Check that the electrical outlet is working.

 

 

Cannot send or

On the top front panel, note the first light that is off. This

receive data

light indicates where the error occurred, as described in

 

Front-Panel Lights and Error Conditions. If you have cable TV,

 

check that the TV is working and the picture is clear. If you

 

cannot receive regular TV channels, your data service will

 

not function.

 

Check the coaxial cable at the SB6120 and wall outlet.

 

Hand-tighten if necessary.

 

Check the IP address. Follow the steps for verifying the IP

 

address for your system described in Configuring TCP/IP. Call

 

your service provider if you need an IP address.

 

Disconnect and reconnect the Ethernet cable from the cable

 

modem and your computer to make sure it is properly

 

seated.

 

 

Front-Panel Lights and Error Conditions

Light

Turns Off During Startup If:

Turns Off During Normal

 

 

Operation If:

 

 

 

DS

The downstream receive channel

The downstream channel is lost

 

cannot be acquired

 

 

 

 

US

The upstream send channel cannot

The upstream channel is lost

 

be acquired

 

 

 

 

ONLINE

IP registration is unsuccessful

The IP registration is lost

 

 

 

POWER

The SB6120 is not properly plugged

The SB6120 is unplugged

 

into the power outlet

 

 

 

 

 

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