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Installing Your Cable Modem

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Installing Your Cable Modem

Note: If your cable company provides you with an installation

procedure, follow it instead of the procedure described in

this chapter.

This chapter illustrates a typical cable installation in your home

or office and describes how to connect the Zoom Cable

Modem to your computer.
Installation consists of a few simple steps:
1. Requesting cable modem service from your cable

company.

2. Configuring your computer’s network settings.
3. Making the connections.

Requesting Cable Modem Service

Before you install the Zoom Cable Modem, contact your cable

company to arrange for cable modem service and to establish a

cable modem account.
A cable company representative may take care of the entire

installation for you, or you may get an installation CD from the

company and complete the procedure yourself. If you are doing it

yourself, you will need to provide the following information to the

cable company before you make the connections:
1. The Cable Modem MAC (Media Access Control) Address,

printed on the label on the underside of the modem case.

2. The Ethernet Adapter MAC Address.

To locate this address: