What's In the Carton?

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What's In the Carton?

When you receive your residential gateway, you should check the equipment and

accessories to verify that each item is in the carton and that each item is undamaged.

The carton contains the following items:

One DPC2320 or EPC2320 DOCSIS

Residential Gateway

One Ethernet cable (May not be

provided with all products.)

One wall-mount style power adapter

(Image may vary from actual product.

Used only with models requiring

external power supply.)

OR

One desktop-style power adapter

(Image may vary from actual

product. Used only with models

requiring external power supply.)

One CD-ROM

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your service provider

for assistance.

Note:

You need an optional cable signal splitter and additional standard RF coaxial

cables if you want to connect a VCR, a Digital Home Communications Terminal

(DHCT) or a set-top converter, or a TV to the same cable connection as your

residential gateway.

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Front Panel Description

The front panel of your residential gateway provides LED status indicators that

indicate how well and at what state your residential gateway is operating. See

Operation of Front Panel Indicators

(on page 95), for more information on front

panel LED status indicator functions.

1

POWER

—

ON, power is applied to the residential gateway

2

DS

—

ON, the residential gateway is receiving data from the cable network

3

US

—

ON, the residential gateway is sending data to the cable network

4

ONLINE

—

ON, the residential gateway is registered on the network and fully

operational

5

LINK

—

ON, the wireless access point is operational. BLINKING indicates that

data is being transferred over the wireless connection. OFF indicates that the

wireless access point has been disabled by the user

6

WIRELESS ON/OFF

(Optional)

—

Press this button to activate and turn on the

Wireless feature. This feature allows users to transfer data over the wireless

connection. When the WIRELESS indicator is ON, it indicates that the Wireless

Access Point is operational. BLINKING indicates that data is being transferred

over the wireless connection. OFF indicates that the Wireless feature has been

disabled.

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WIRELESS SETUP

—

Press this button to activate the Wireless Setup feature.

This feature allows users to add new Wireless Protected Setup (WPS) compliant

wireless clients to the home network. When the SETUP indicator is OFF (normal

condition), it indicates that the wireless setup is not active. BLINKING indicates

the user has activated wireless setup to add new wireless clients on the wireless

network.

Note:

After the residential gateway is successfully registered on the network, the

POWER, DS, US, and ONLINE LEDs illuminate continuously to indicate that the

residential gateway is active and fully operational.

Back Panel Description

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Back Panel Description

The following illustration identifies the back panel components on the DPC2320 and

EPC2320 residential gateways. Descriptions for each component follow the

illustration.

1

POWER

—

Connects the residential gateway to the AC power adapter that is

provided with your residential gateway

Important:

Use only the power supply provided with your residential gateway.

CAUTION:

Avoid damage to your equipment. Only use the power supply that is provided

with your residential gateway.

2

ON/OFF SWITCH (Provided only on products that carry the CE mark)

—

Allows you to turn off of the residential gateway without removing the power

cord. Turning the residential gateway off using this switch ensures that the unit

is consuming no energy.

3

ETHERNET

—

One RJ-45 Ethernet port connects to the Ethernet port on your PC

or your home network

4

MAC ADDRESS LABEL

—

Displays the MAC address of the residential gateway

5

CABLE

—

F-connector connects to an active cable signal from your service

provider

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RESET

—

A momentary pressing (1-2 seconds) of this switch restarts (power

cycles) the device. Pressing and holding the switch for more than ten seconds

first causes a reset-to-factory-default of all settings and then restarts (power

cycles) the device

CAUTION:

The RESET button is for maintenance purposes only. Do not use unless

instructed to do so by your service provider. Doing so may cause you to lose

any settings you have selected.

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Introduction

This chapter describes how to properly install the residential gateway

and to connect the residential gateway to a computer and other

devices.

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Chapter 2

Installing the DOCSIS

Residential Gateway

In This Chapter



Installation Preparations

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Install the Residential Gateway

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