Introduction
Installation
Troubleshooting Glossary License
8To connect the telephone line, plug a phone wire into the Tel 1 connector. You can also connect a second telephone line to the Tel 2 connector.
TEL 2
TEL 1
ETHERNET
USB
Either/or
CABLE
+12VDC 
Caution!
To reduce the risk of fire, use only No. 26 or larger UL Listed or CSA Certified Telecommunication Line Cord to connect a telephone line to your SURFboard VoIP cable modem.
Do not connect both the Ethernet and USB cables to the same computer. Connect to either Ethernet or USB.
Contact your cable provider before connecting your VoIP cable modem to your existing telephone wiring. Do not connect the telephone wire to a traditional telephone (PSTN) service.
Be sure the phone connectors are neither connected together nor connected to wall jacks on the same network.
Setting Up a USB Driver
The following subsections describe setting up a USB driver. Before connecting a PC to the USB port, perform the appropriate procedure for your Windows version:
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When you finish setting up the USB driver, you can continue with “Configuring TCP/IP” on page 20.
The SURFboard VoIP cable modem USB driver does not support Macintosh or UNIX computers. For those systems, you can connect through Ethernet only.
Caution!
Be sure the SURFboard VoIP Cable Modem
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