Before You Begin; Contacting Your Local Cable Company - 3Com 2940, 2941 Install And Operation Instructions

This chapter explains how to prepare your
computer system for cable modem
installation.
Contacting Your Local Cable
Company
In order to use your cable modem, you need
to establish an Internet access account with
your local cable company. Before
contacting your cable company to establish
an account, have the following information
handy:
The modem's Media Access Control
(MAC) address (located on a bar code
sticker on the back of the modem). The
MAC address consists of 12 characters
preceded by the text EA =. In the
following example label image, the
B Y B
EFORE OU
MAC address is 00104B377410. Write
the MAC address in the blank provided
below.
The modem's model number (located
on a sticker on the bottom of the
modem). Your modem's model number
will be 2940 or 2941.
MAC address: EA = __________________
Model number (circle one): 2940 or 2941
EGIN
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