Installing the Modem
5
Connecting the Modem
Before connecting the EZ Connect Cable Modem, contact your cable service provider
and check the following points:
• Be sure that your service provider supplies a two-way data link.
• Check that they have set up an Internet Access Account . To do this you will need
to provide information that may include the product number and the modem MAC
address. You will find this information on the label on the base of the modem.
The modem must be correctly connected to the service provider ’s cable jack. If you
are connecting both a TV and the modem to this outlet, you will need to use a
splitter. The splitter duplicates the signal onto a second wire.
1. Connect a 75-ohm coaxial TV cable between the splitter and the cable
connector at the back of the modem. Ensure that you do not bend the center
wire of the connector. Tighten both connectors by hand.
2. Connect the modem to a surge-protected pow er source.
3. Connect the modem:
- to a computer using the USB connection. (See “USB Installation for
Windows 98, Window 2000 and Windows Me” on page 6.)
or
- to a computer or Ethernet hub/switch using the Ether net connection. ( See
“Making a Connection to the Ethernet Port” on p age 7.)
4. The diagram below shows a typical computer/TV installation.
Cable TV Jack
Splitter
TV
AC Power Outlet
Cable Modem
PC
USB or Ethernet Connection

75-ohm coaxial cable

Power Cord