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electronics stores. You want one with a screw-in male F connector at each
end, with a length that works for your installation.
If you don’t have an available cable TV cable or wall jack, use a coaxial “T
adapter” or “splitter” available from most electronics
retailers (see example at right). Make sure you get
one designed for cable modems and/or cable TV.
These typically have one female IN jack and two
female OUT jacks. You can disconnect a live cable
from your TV set-top box and screw it into the IN jack
of the splitter. Then connect one coaxial cable from
an OUT jack to your TV set-top box and another coaxial cable from the other
OUT jack to your cable modem. You can see that this approach uses one
splitter and 2 additional coaxial cables, each of which has male connectors
on each end. Some electronics retailers carry the Zoom Cable Modem
Connection Kit which has an excellent splitter and 2 coaxial cables packaged
together at a reasonable price. You can also purchase splitters and coaxial
cable separately if you prefer to do that, perhaps because you need a special
length of coaxial cable.
2
Connect the supplied Ethernet cable between any cable modem LAN jack and a
computer’s Ethernet jack. We recommend that you do this even if you later plan
to disconnect this computer. If connecting the Ethernet cable to a computer is
difficult or impossible, you can make a wireless connection to the Cable
Modem/Router.
Please see,
Chapter 3: Connecting Other Devices to your
Cable Modem/Router
for details on establishing a wireless connection.
3
Connect the Zoom power cube between the Zoom cable modem and a live
power jack. Make sure the cable modem’s Power Switch is
ON
.
4
It normally takes 5 to 30 minutes to establish an Internet link the first time a
Cable Modem/Router connects to a cable service provider. This allows the cable
modem to connect to the appropriate channels for communication. You’ll see the
DS, US, and/or Online modem lights on your cable modem flashing until the
Online light stays steady green to signal success.
After the cable modem connects to your cable service provider, open your Web
browser on the computer that’s connected to your cable modem/router.
Then
refresh the screen or try to go to a Web site.
Many service providers, including
Comcast, typically bring your browser to a registration page.
In that case,
follow the instructions on this registration page to register your modem.