USING THE CABLE MODEM

BUTTONS

On/off – Turns the modem on or puts it in stand-by mode. Placing the cable modem in stand-by mode (the “off” position) allows for continued status monitoring from the cable network.

Do not press this button when transmitting data over the internet. The information will be lost along with your ethernet connection.

LIGHT INDICATORS

Power – Indicates whether cable modem is in active or stand-by mode. The light is off when the modem is in stand-by mode, and on when the power is activated.

Data – Indicates whether the ethernet connection is active, ready to transmit/ receive, or actually transmitting/ receiving. The light is off when no ethernet carrier is present or the modem is in stand-by mode, on when the ethernet carrier is present but there’s no transmit/receive activity, and flashing when there is ethernet transmit/receive activity.

on off

power

data

Cable – Indicates the status of your

cable

cable connection. The light is off when

 

no cable connection is detected or the

 

modem is in stand-by mode, flashing

activity

when the cable connection is detected

 

but not yet ready to send or receive

 

data, and fully lit when the modem is

email

registered with the network and data

 

can be sent.

 

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RCA 1537757A, RCA Broadband Digital Cable Modem manual Using the Cable Modem, Buttons, Light Indicators