Front Panel Description
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Front Panel Description
The front panel of your cable modem provides status lights that indicate how well and at what state your cable
modem is operating. After the cable modem is successfully registered on the network, the POWER and CABLE
status indicators illuminate continuously to show that the cable modem is active and fully operational. See Front
Panel Status Indicator Functions, later in this guide, for more information on front panel status indicator
functions.
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POWER
RECEIVE
DATA
SEND
CABLE
PC
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2
3
4
5
6
1 POWER—Illuminates solid green to indicate that power is
being applied to the cable modem
2 RECEIVE DATA—Blinks to indicate that the cable modem is
receiving data from the cable network
3 SEND DATA— Blinks to indicate that the cable modem is
sending data to the cable network
4 CABLE—Illuminates solid green when the cable modem is
registered on the network and fully operational. This indicator
blinks to indicate one of the following conditions:
• The cable modem is booting up and not ready for data
• The cable modem is scanning the network and attempting
to register
• The cable modem has lost registration on the network and
will continue blinking until it registers again
5 PC—Illuminates solid green to indicate that an Ethernet/USB
carrier is present and blinks to indicate that Ethernet/USB
data is being transferred between the PC and the cable
modem
6 PC Wireless—Illuminates solid green to indicate that a
wireless access point is enabled and blinks to indicate that
wireless data is being transferred over the wireless
connection
Note: After the cable modem is successfully registered on
the network, the POWER (LED 1) and CABLE (LED 4)
indicators illuminate continuously to indicate that the cable
modem is online and fully operational.