Chapter 2 Installing The Cable Modem/Router - Zoom 5363 User Manual

This chapter provides basic instructions for setting up your cable modem/router. This chapter is
almost identical to the printed Quick Start.
If you are replacing an "old" cable modem, do this:
1
Disconnect the coaxial cable from the old cable modem and connect it to your
Zoom modem. If the coaxial cable has a screw-on connector, turn the connector
clockwise when tightening the cable onto the Zoom cable modem.
2
If there's an Ethernet cable plugged into the old cable modem, unplug the
Ethernet cable from the old cable modem and plug it into any of the Zoom cable
modem's LAN jacks.
3
Connect the Zoom power cube between the Zoom cable modem and a live
power jack. DO NOT use your old cable modem's power cube on your Zoom
cable modem.
4
What you do next depends on your cable modem company. Typically you can
call your cable modem company's support department and tell them your cable
modem is hooked up. They'll normally ask for the information mentioned above
in Before installing your cable modem, please read
also let you just open the browser on a computer that's connected to the Zoom
cable modem. A setup page comes up, and you follow the instructions.
5
Go to Now that your cable modem is connected, do this
If this is a first-time cable modem installation (that is, you are NOT
replacing an "old" cable modem), do this:
1
Connect a "live" coaxial cable from your cable service provider to your cable
modem. (If you're not sure a cable is live, you can see whether you get a good
Installing the Cable Modem/Router
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