Cisco 971M User Manual

Prestige 971M

Cable Modem

Quick Start Guide

Version 3.70

5/2005

Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide

Introduction

The Prestige 971M (P-971M) is a DOCSIS compliant full-duplex cable modem. In order to use your P-971M,
you need to establish an Internet access account with your cable service company.

Note: To identify your modem with the cable service company, you need to tell them the HFC MAC

address. This 12-character number is located on a bar code sticker on the bottom of the unit.

Once this information has been supplied to your cable operator and your line activated, your P-971M will obtain a
dynamic IP address(es) from your cable service provider whenever connected.

Note: See your User’s Guide for background information on all features.

This guide is divided into the following sections.

1 Hardware Connections

2 Accessing the Web Configurator

3 USB Driver Installation

4 Troubleshooting

1 Hardware Connections

You need the following before you start.

• Computer(s)

• Ethernet Cable

• USB Cable (if accessing the Internet from a Windows computer via USB)

• Power Adaptor (Varies by region)

• RF Connector F-Coaxial Cable

1.1 Rear Panel

Refer to the following P-971M rear panel graphic to see how to make the connections.

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Prestige 971M Quick Start Guide

1 LAN Connection Use an Ethernet cable to connect 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 also have

to install the USB driver (see page 6 )

3 RF F-Coaxial Connection Use caution when inserting the coaxial cable into the P-971M; the center

copper wire is easy to bend and break.

4 POWER Connection Use the included power adaptor to connect the POWER socket to an appropriate

power source). Turn the Prestige on after you’ve made the connections by pushing in the power button.

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