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  • Page 1

    Prestige 971M Cable Modem Quick S t art Guide V ersion 3.70 5/2005[...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 2 Introduction The Prestige 971M (P-9 71M) is a DOCSIS complian t full- duplex cable modem. In ord er to use your P-971M, you need to establish an Internet access ac count with your cable service company . Note: T o identify your modem with the cable serv ice company , you need to tell them the HFC MAC address. This [...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 3 1 LAN Connection Use an Ethernet ca ble to conne ct a computer to a LAN port for initial configuration and/ or Internet access. 2 USB-B Connection If you want to connect a Windows computer to the cable modem via USB, you al so have to install the USB driver (see page 6 ) 3 RF F-Coaxial Connection Use caution when i[...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 4 1.2 Front Panel Look at the front panel LEDs. The SYS LED blinks while performi ng system testing. The SYS LED then turns steady on if the testin g was successful. The CABLE LED b links and tu rns steady on if the RF-Conne ctor port is properly connected. The LAN LED turns on if the (corresponding) LAN port is prop[...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 5 2 Accessing the Web Configurator 1 Launch your web browser . Enter “192.168.100.1” as the web site address. The subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. Note: If you do not see the next scre en, then please r ead section 4.1 . CABLE Green On The P-971M is registered successf ully with the cable operator ’s CMTS. Slow Bl[...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 6 3 Y ou should see this screen af ter a successful login. 3 USB Driver Inst allation Only install the USB driver if you wish to access the Internet by connecti ng to the P-971M via U SB from a Windows computer . Note: At the time of writing the USB driver supports th e following Windows operating systems. • Window[...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 7 Note: The USB driver is on the include d CD. Screens for Windows XP ar e shown he re. Scr eens for other supported Windows operating systems may vary . Click Next to begin the wizard. Cli ck Back to return to a previous screen or click Cancel to exit the wizard. 1 After you connect the USB cable, Windows should not[...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 8 4 T r oubleshooting 4.1 Set Up Y our Computer ’s IP Address This section shows you how to set your Windows NT/200 0/XP computer to automatically ge t an IP address. This ensures that your co mputer can communicate with your Prestige. Refer to your User ’s Guide for detailed IP address configuratio n for other W[...]

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    Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide 9 4 Select Internet Protocol (T CP/IP) (under the General tab in Win XP) and click Properties . 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen opens (the General tab in Windows XP). 6 Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatic ally options. 7 Click OK to close the Internet[...]